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Manto was more than a melancholic writer who wrote Partition stories; he had a colorful side, that of a gossip columnist. This lighter side of Manto is what Women of Prey bring out. Published by Speaking Tiger, Women of Prey (2019) is a collection of seven short stories and two profiles written by Manto. These have been translated from Urdu by Saba Mahmood Bashir. The cover of the book designed by Jezreel Sarah Nathan shows a woman in hijab with kohl-lined lined bright eyes and red lips and the tile of the book in a font similar to those used in the posters of old Hindi movies that came out of Bombay. It is evocative of old-school pulpy magazines. (Read the complete review in the blog. Link in bio.) (In the backdrop, Alice in Wonderland scarf from @books__etc ) #bookishchronicles #bookstagram #bookstagramfeatures #bibliophile #bookstagramindia #readmore #books #weekendreading #readmore #bookoftheday #bookstagrammers #bookaesthetic #manto #saadathasanmanto #womenpfprey #shikariauratein #translatedworks #indiantranslatedliterature #translatedbook

"It's strange, isn't it?" the woman said in a pensive voice. "Everything is blowing up around us , but there are still those who care about broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it... But maybe that's the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart." -Haruki Murakami, Samsa in Love, Men without Women Among all the Haruki Murakami books, I had most fun reading Men without Women. This collection of seven short stories have all the classic Murakami tropes: lonely men, spunky mysterious women, cats, the Beatles, and cliffhanger endings. The title may evoke melancholy, but Murakami's wry humor and sharp observations keeps the stories on the lighter side. My favorite story was Samsa in Love; its a fascinating and beautiful twist on Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis. #bookishchronicles #bookstagram #bookstagramfeatures #bibliophile #bookstagramindia #readmore #books #weekendreading #readmore #bookoftheday #bookstagrammers #bookaesthetic #harukimurakami #harukimurakamiquotes #murakami #menwithoutwomen

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