Sarguzasht-E-Aseer ( Urdu Edition): (transaltion of "the Last Day of a Condemned Man"), Paperback/Victor Hugo

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Description Sarguzasht-e-Aseer (A Prisoner's Story) is an Urdu translation of Victor Hugo's The Last Day of a Condemned Man, which was published by Urdu Book Stall, Lahore. He started his literary career translating the works of Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde and Russian writers such as Chekhov and Gorky. About the Author Saadat Hasan Manto (11 May 1912 - 18 January 1955) was a writer, playwright and author born in British India. Writing mainly in Urdu language, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the atrocious truths that no one dared to talk about. Manto is best known for his stories about the partition of the subcontinent immediately following independence in 1947.