The Writer On The Hill: The Very Best Of Ruskin Bond

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Ruskin Bond

Publisher:

Rupa Publications

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Publisher

Rupa Publications

Publication Year 2014
ISBN-13

9788129129864

ISBN-10 8129129868
Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages 408 Pages
Language (English)
Weight (grms) 517

There are so many lovely things to see, there is so much to do, so much fun to be had and so many charming and interesting people to meet. How can my pen ever run dry? One of India’s finest and most prolific writers, Ruskin Bond has been putting pen to paper for well over six decades. Since The Room on the Roof his award-winning debut novel which introduced readers to the unforgettable Rusty, the orphan from Dehradun Bond has created characters both charming and eccentric, which have endured in popular imagination? And, in what is perhaps his most towering achievement, Bond has brought to pulsing life the mountains, valleys and rivers of Garhwal, as well as the quiet magic of small, tucked-away places, in book after book. The Writer on the Hillis a comprehensive selection of Bond’s fiction and non-fiction, both popular and little-known. In ‘Masterji’, a young man meets his old Hindi teacher on a train platform, in handcuffs. In the excerpt from The Room on the Roof, Rusty stands up to his bullying guardian. ‘Man and Leopard’ describes, in mesmerizing prose, a heart-breaking encounter between man and the wild. And, in ‘Once upon a Mountain Time’, Bond creates a charming portrait of his little patch of earth in Mussoorie. A tribute to one of the most popular and loved writers of India, The Writer on the Hillis also a celebration of the quiet, unhurried life, lived at one’s own pace. This volume will delight Bond’s fans everywhere.


Interesting facts


  • The Writer on the Hillis a comprehensive collection of Ruskin Bond's work, spanning nearly six decades.

  • The book includes popular works like 'A Long Walk for Bina' as well as ones which aren't as well known anymore.

  • A part of the ‘very best of’ series envisioned by Rupa, The Writer on the Hillwill add weight and heft to the series.

  • The collection will jog the memories of die-hard Ruskin Bond fans, and do well as nostalgia-driven book. It should also interest a new generation of Bond fans.

Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond\'s first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley, A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far), essays, poems and children\'s books, many of which have been published by Penguin India. He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999.
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