Atish Paray (Urdu: آتش پارے, lit. 'Nuggets of Fire') is a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto.
Author | Sadat Hasan Manto |
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Original title | Atish Paray |
Country | British India |
Language | Urdu |
Publisher | Urdu Bookstall (Lahore)[1] |
Publication date | 1936 (first edition) |
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Atish Paray subtitled “a collection of several thought-provoking stories” was published in 1936 while Manto was living in Amritsar.[2] Two stories from this collection Tamasha - Manto's debut story followed by Taqat Ka Imtehan first appeared in a local weekly Khalq (Creation) by Abdul Bari Alig from Amritsar. The collection was however published from Lahore and Manto dedicated this collection to his late father.[2]
There are eight stories in this collection:[1]