Mottled Dawn
by Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto is important as a writer because there is nothing prettied up about his writing. One of the things that I object to about most of the people who write about Pakistan is “the scent of mangoes and jasmine school of writing”. I think that does a disservice to the country and plays into the stereotypes that most Westerners have about Pakistan. He tells it like it is, with all the violence, madness and political turmoil that involves.
