Novels of Hasan Manzar
Abstract
Hasan Manzar is a renowned Urdu fiction writer. He has been writing for almost four decades. In his novels, He has presented local as well as international cultural landscapes. It seems his novels are based on knowledge and information rather than self-observation and experience. The diction and characters of these novels are less colorful and also have lesser affiliation from the locale they present. Hasan Manzar also uses popular and satirical narrative techniques in his novels. Owing to these features, he may not be counted as big gun of Urdu novel, although he has written more than half a dozen. In this article, some of his novels, especially his latest Novel, Habs have been analyzed on cultural grounds.
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2. Ali Abbas Hussaini, Urdu Novel Ki Tareekh ur Tanqeed (Aligarh: Educational Publishing House, 2005), p.358
3. Muhammad Umer Mamen, Trans, Ed., “Gunter Grass se Mukalma” in Fun-e-Fiction Nigari, Vol. 2 (Karachi: Maktaba Danial, 2016), p.87.
4. Asif Farrukhi, Aik Kahani Nay Mazmoon Ki (Lahore: Aks Publications, 2020), p.230.
5. Mubeen Mirza, Ikeesven Sadi Ke Do Ashron Me Urdu Novel Par Aik Ajmali Jaiza, in Adbiat Special Issue, Urdu Novel Derh Sadi Ka Qisa, Vol. 2 (June 2020), p.60
6. Ibid, p.60
7. Hassan Manzer, Dhani Bakhsh Ke Baite (Karachi: Shehrzad, 2008), p.94
8. Ibid, p.451
9. Rafaqat Hayat / Sheikh Naveed, “Senior Fiction Nigar Hassan Manzer Se Aik Mutalia, Mashmoola Adbiat (Khasoosi No.), p.305
10. Hassan Manzer, Habs (Karachi: Scheherzad, 2016), p.81
11. Ibid, p.367
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