| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0140128425 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780140128420 |
| No of pages | 180 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | penguin |
| Published Date | 15 Mar 2016 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0140128425 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780140128420 |
| No of pages | 180 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | penguin |
| Published Date | 15 Mar 2016 |
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist.
He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India.
In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademie award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademie, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landor near Mussoorie.
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An enchanting collection of stories from the heartland of India Ruskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity.
Residents of nondescript villages and towns, they lead lives that are touched by natural beauty as well as suffering—the loss of a loved parent, unfulfilled dreams, natural calamities, ghostly visitations, a respected teacher turned crooked, strangers who make a nuisance of themselves—which only reinforces their abiding faith in God, family and neighbor. Told in Bond’s distinctive style, these stories are a magnificent evocation of an India that may be fast dismal