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Naked Voices: Stories And Sketches by Saadat Hasan Manto is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In this collection of sixteen stories and three sketches, translated by Rakhshanda Jalil, Manto brazenly celebrates the warts of a seemingly decent society as well as its dark underbelly - tired and overworked prostitutes in 'The Candle's Tears' or 'Loser all the Way'; ruthless as also humane pimps in 'The Hundred Candle Watt Bulb' and 'Sahay'; the utter helplessness of men in the face of a sexual encounter in 'Naked Voices' and 'Coward'; and the madness perpetrated by the Partition as witnessed in 'By God!' and 'Yazid'. In one of the three sketches, which form part of this collection, the author brilliantly reveals himself to the world in a schizophrenic piece titled 'Saadat Hasan' calling 'Manto the writer' a liar, a thief and a failure! And in another titled 'In a Letter to Uncle Sam', Manto superbly couches his anti-imperialistic views in an innocent letter from a poor nephew to a capitalist and prosperous uncle in America.

Who reads Naked Voices: Stories And Sketches?

Author

Saadat Hasan Manto

Publisher

IndiaInk, Roli Books

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9788186939420

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Music, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (85 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14