“ruskin bond”

Two classic novels of adolescence by one of India’s finest writers. In The Room on the Roof, Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, decides he has had enough of the tiny, diminshing European community and his tyrannical guardian, and runs away. To his delight, Rusty finds that life on the... More

The perils and pleasures that attend growing up... In ‘A Handful of Nuts’, the first of the novellas in this book, the reader is treated to vintage Bond—a gloriously funny and unexpectedly tender story of being young and adventurous in small town India. The central character would like to est... More

The essential Ruskin Bond Delhi Is Not Far brings together the best of Ruskin Bond’s prose and poetry. For over four decades, by way of innumerable novels, essays, short stories, and poems, the author has mapped out and peopled a unique literary landscape. This anthology has selections from a... More

Ten unforgettable tales of fascinating human encounters with animals and birds, creating a world in which men and wild creatures struggle to survive despite each other. Ruskin Bond once again gives a marvellous collection of stories that enchant, amuse and delight.... More

'A compilation that once again invites curiousity about the Ruskin Bond way of life.' —Indian Express, New Delhi 'Ruskin Bond displays all the qualities of a master storyteller: a deceptively effortless style, an eye for the extraordinary in seemingly humdrum lives, and a deep empathy with his... More

‘A delightful read… no one understands nature like Ruskin Bond and it takes his ability to put this wonder into words’—Deccan ChronicleFor over half a century, Ruskin Bond has celebrated the wonder and beauty of nature as few other contemporary writers have, or indeed can. This collection br... More

India’s best-loved children’s writer Ruskin Bond introduces us to some of the most endearing and adorable characters he has ever written about—his grandfather, with his unusual ability to disguise himself as the street-vendor, carpenter and sometimes the washerman; the eccentric and ubiquitous... More

A brand new edition of Ruskin Bond’s first novel for childrenLaurie is an English boy who moves to a hill town with his parents when his father is posted to India on work for two years.Laurie makes two new friends: Anil, the son of a local cloth merchant, and Kamal, who lost his parents during Par... More

Rusty travels abroad to fulfil his dream of becoming a writer Rusty Goes to London is the fourth book in Puffin's new series of the complete escapades of Rusty; this is the first time that all the Rusty stories are available in chronological order. In his early twenties now, Rusty finally seve... More