THE ROOM ON THE ROOF: 60th Anniversary Edition

Name: THE ROOM ON THE ROOF: 60th Anniversary Edition
Rating: 4.599999904632568 (180 reviews)

Ruskin Bond

Jan 2016 · Penguin UK

4.6

180 reviews

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A CLASSIC COMING-OF-AGE STORY WHICH HAS HELD GENERATIONS OF READERS SPELLBOUND Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned, and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar, Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life, Rusty is enchanted . . . and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community. This special edition marks the 60th anniversary of this award-winning book, written when the author was just seventeen. Poignant, heart-warming and an absolute classic, this book is forever a joy to read.

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4.6

180 reviews

Saahil Nayyer

March 15, 2015

Set in mid 20th century town of Dehra in Himachal and the vivid description of the bazaar, hills and forests is simple awe inspiring. The love and teenage infatuation is the loveliest thing about the story that keeps the young reader so connected. :) AWESOME

11 people found this review helpful

R N

November 12, 2016

If only one could describe things as they are seen, smelled, heard n felt perfectly; Ruskin bond's writing has this magic.

16 people found this review helpful

Raja Kumar

January 13, 2024

The room on the roof was very good book that book was talk about a lot of message. This book talk about a teenage boy lonely life this book has lot of characters are there. The room on the roof Ruskin bond talk about for the teenage boy life. In this talk about the teenage boy mindset.In this text talk about the rascial discrimination.At last this text talk about the teenage boy life.

About the author

Born in Kasauli in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over five hundred short stories, essays and novellas (some included in the collections Dust on the Mountains and Classic Ruskin Bond) and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1993, the Padma Shri in 1999, and the Delhi government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar for his ‘total contribution to children’s literature’ in 2013 and was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his extended family.

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