The role of popular fiction in the popularity of Urdu has been prominent and of prime importance. Popular Literature is responsible for the diffusion of Urdu literature into the abode of the common realm. The absence of popular literature would have deemed Urdu Literacy to a confinement within Palaces, libraries and the Royal Courts, forsaking the common people of beautiful yet staggering pieces of Urdu literacy.
Besides Ibn-e-Safi, there were many stalwarts of popular fiction, such as Gulshan Nanda, Adil Rasheed, Badnaam Rafiei, Dutt Bharti, Raees Ahmed Jafri, Saeed Amrit, Ranu, Izhar Asar, Siraj Anwar and Salamat Ali Mehdi etc. who contributed to the cause of development of such literary taste.
Salamat Ali Mehdi, had gained immense fame by writing mysterious and horror novels. He himself writes in the preface of one of his mysterious novels supporting the stand of popular literature that: "A series of horror novels is nothing new. In Urdu literature, this trend is a product from the West and some translations of epic novels were very popular in Urdu. In western literature, countless novels had been written on such subjects and gained immense popularity during those periods."
This book is one of his best horror novels that follows the course of events experienced by a princess and her eventual transformation into "Aik Bot (An Idol)".
Besides Ibn-e-Safi, there were many stalwarts of popular fiction, such as Gulshan Nanda, Adil Rasheed, Badnaam Rafiei, Dutt Bharti, Raees Ahmed Jafri, Saeed Amrit, Ranu, Izhar Asar, Siraj Anwar and Salamat Ali Mehdi etc. who contributed to the cause of development of such literary taste.
Salamat Ali Mehdi, had gained immense fame by writing mysterious and horror novels. He himself writes in the preface of one of his mysterious novels supporting the stand of popular literature that: "A series of horror novels is nothing new. In Urdu literature, this trend is a product from the West and some translations of epic novels were very popular in Urdu. In western literature, countless novels had been written on such subjects and gained immense popularity during those periods."
This book is one of his best horror novels that follows the course of events experienced by a princess and her eventual transformation into "Aik Bot (An Idol)".
سلامت علی مہدی ایک زود نویس قلمکار تھے اور بیسویں صدی کی چھٹی اور ساتویں دہائی کی اردو دنیا میں ان کے قلم کا توتی بولتا تھا۔ جب وہ ادارۂ شمع (نئی دہلی) کے نئے رسالے "شبستاں" سے بحیثیت مدیر وابستہ ہوئے تو 'شبستاں' کی خریداری 'شمع' جیسے مقبولِ عام رسالے سے بھی بڑھ گئی تھی۔ اسی طرح جب ادارۂ شمع ہی کے خواتین کے رسالے "بانو" میں ان کے پراسرار اور ہیبت ناک قسط وار ناول مثلاً: ایک بت، ایک بلی، ایک کھوپڑی، ایک روح شائع ہونے لگے تو 'بانو' کی مانگ بھی 'شمع' سے زیادہ بڑھ گئی تھی۔ سلامت علی مہدی کی سلسلہ وار پراسرار کہانی "ایک بت" ماہنامہ 'بانو' کے شمارہ نومبر 1968ء سے نومبر 1969ء تک شائع ہوئی تھی۔ اب یہی ناول کتابی شکل میں تعمیر پبلیکیشنز کی جانب سے پیش خدمت ہے۔
Book Name
Aik Bot (An Idol, a Horror Novel)
Author
Salamat Ali Mehdi
ISBN
9789357015035
Language
Urdu
Category
fiction, novel
Subject keywords
urdu, fiction, horror, novel
Pages
176
Book Size
U.S. Trade (6x9 inches)
Format
Paperback
Publication Month/Year
October-2022
کتاب کا نام
ایک بت (ناول)
مصنف
سلامت علی مہدی
آئی۔ایس۔بی۔این
9789357015035
زبان
اردو
زمرہ
فکشن، ناول
موضوع کی-ورڈز
فکشن، ناول، آسیبی ناول
صفحات
176
کتاب کا سائز
یو۔ایس۔ ٹریڈ (6x9 انچ)
فارمیٹ
پیپربیک
ماہ و سالِ طباعت
اکتوبر 2022ء
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