Atish Paray
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| name = Atish Paray
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| author = Sadat Hasan Manto
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| country = British India
| language = Urdu
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| publisher = Urdu Bookstall (Lahore){{sfn|Flemming|1985b|p=152}}
| pub_date = 1936 (first edition)
| media_type = Print
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Atish Paray ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|آتش پارے}}}}, {{lit|Nuggets of Fire}}) is a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto.
Background
Atish Paray subtitled “a collection of several thought-provoking stories” was published in 1936 from Lahore, while Manto was living in Amritsar.{{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=38}} 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. Manto dedicated this collection to his late father.{{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=38}}
Content
There are eight stories in this collection:{{sfn|Flemming|1985b|p=152}}
- Khooni Thook (Bloody Spit)
- Inqalab Pasand (Revolutionary){{efn|first published in the Aligarh Magazine in March 1935{{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=7}}}}
- Ji Aaya Sahab (Coming Sir){{efn|It was later included in Manto Ke Afsanay under the title Qasim with a slight change in the ending{{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=42}}}}
- Mahigir (Fisherman){{efn|also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories){{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=36}}}}
- Tamasha (Spectacle){{efn|first published under a pseudonym in Abdul Bari Alig’s Urdu newspaper Khalq (Creation){{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=6}} and also included in his prior collection Rusi Afsanay (Russian Stories){{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=36}}}}
- Taqat ka Imtehan (Test of Strength){{efn|It was included in Manto Ke Afsanay{{sfn|Flemming|1985|p=42}}}}
- Deewana Shayr (Mad Poet)
- Chori (Theft)
Notes
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References
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Cited sources
- {{Cite book|last=Flemming|first=Leslie A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CM9jAAAAMAAJ&q=another+lonely+voice+manto|title=Another Lonely Voice: The Life and Works of Saadat Hassan Manto|date=1985|publisher=Vanguard Books|language=en}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Flemming|first=Leslie A.|title=Manto Bibliography|date=1985b|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40872787|journal=Journal of South Asian Literature|volume=20|issue=2|pages=152–160|jstor=40872787|issn=0091-5637}}
{{Saadat Hasan Manto}}
Category:Indian short story collections