Puffin Classics: Vagrants in the Valley (English, Paperback, Bond Ruskin)
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Puffin Classics: Vagrants in the Valley (English, Paperback, Bond Ruskin)
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- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Random House India
- Genre: Fiction
- ISBN: 9780143333784, 014333378X
- Pages: 176
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An evergreen classic about friendship and growing up, by a master storyteller This book catches up with our favourite Rusty as he plunges not just into the cold pools of Dehra but into an exciting new life, dipping his toes into adulthood. Winding his way back to the city with Kishen, Rusty discovers that his beloved room is no longer his! Undaunted, however, and in his trademark style, he forges new homes and new friendships as he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that spans the beautiful hillsides of India. By turns thrilling and nostalgic, this heart-warming sequel is Rusty is at his best as he navigates the tightrope between dreams and reality, all the time maintaining a glorious sense of hope. Striking, evocative, witty and wise-this is an ode to youth and all its complexities, amidst the colours, sights and smells of Bond's India.
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Pretty good
This sequel to The Room on the Roof traces Rusty's journey in the valley with Kishan. Many new characters appear, including a distant aunt of Rusty , his father's old friend and a slightly eccentric young man , as ambitious as Rusty. Bond again brings back the old magic here through the hills , mountain ,the town, and an old abandoned church. But somewhere this novel differs from the first one,........Room on the Roof carried a slightly different theme.........,perhaps many times the first c...
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Apr, 2018
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Quiet fast and prompt delivery......
Ruskin Bond's masterpiece . It brilliantly describes the hopes and passions that capture young minds and hearts. A moving tale of love and friendship. It has endured as Ruskin Bond's most beloved novel
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Jun, 2016
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Bond with the Best..!!
** The 1st book, I ever read **
The book made me realize, how Refreshing reading is.. I gladly blame the book for turning me into a bibliophile..!!
Both stories are refreshing semi-autobiographical texts. In The Room On The Roof, we follow our young hero(Rusty) as he leaves a domineering and hostile, suffocating environment with his English guardian to explore the world beyond the protestant community that he was raised in. To his delight, Rusty finds that life on the open road is packed wi...
READ MOREThe book made me realize, how Refreshing reading is.. I gladly blame the book for turning me into a bibliophile..!!
Both stories are refreshing semi-autobiographical texts. In The Room On The Roof, we follow our young hero(Rusty) as he leaves a domineering and hostile, suffocating environment with his English guardian to explore the world beyond the protestant community that he was raised in. To his delight, Rusty finds that life on the open road is packed wi...
Ritesh Shrivastav
Feb, 2012
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Fair
Book looks pretty old and dusty and the packing isn't that great either.But not at all bad purchase
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Jan, 2019
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Nice product
It's an amazing book which is continued by THE ROOM ON THE ROOF by Ruskin Bond. And I will specially recommend this book for 13-16 years children.
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the struggle of teens..
it tells the story of our special mr. bond relating to his teen age..more of his struggle to survive without money, parents, and any support..it is full of his friendships and few affairs at that time ..and what led him to leave india for some time..it was surprising to know how much he had to suffer at that time..like sleeping on the parks etc..
read it to know him better..and much deeper..
READ MOREread it to know him better..and much deeper..
RISHI MATHUR
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Sep, 2012
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Awesome
Connects with the readers very well.
Finished it in 2 days
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Mohnish kumar
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Jun, 2017
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vagrants in the valley
a book which really takes you to the world of imagination.Its a book full of life.
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SHEER MASTERPIECE FROM OUR GRAND OLD MAN
Room On The Roof is a story of a sixteen year old boy Rusty of Anglo- Indian community whose parents had died since he was a child and who leads a disciplined life under his strict principled guardian Mr. Harrison. Rusty is barred from mixing with "dirty" Indians. He gets refreshment and discovers another life after he mixes with the Indians, consisting mainly of boys below his age. Ahead, there are encounters with many people and Rusty's life slowly gets transformed.
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DOLIP MALLIK
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Oct, 2014
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Brilliant
Print Quality is Good. Condition of the Book is good. 👍
Excited for this one; Part 2 of The Room on the Roof.!
READ MOREExcited for this one; Part 2 of The Room on the Roof.!
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Q:Does this book contain two stories ? If yes which two ?
A:No. Only one. Vagrants in the Valley. About what happens to Rusty and his friends after 'The Room on the Roof'.. first book.
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Q:I have the room on the roof already, is this the sequel ? And we only get one book right ?
A:Yes. Only one. Sequel to the book 'The Room on the Roof'.
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Q:is this version illustrated?
A:No.
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Q:Did we will get 2 books together or we have to buy 2 differently?
A:Both the stories are compiled in a single book. So you'll get only one book with two stories in it.
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Q:Do we get bookmark with this book?
A:Yes. A small flipkart bookmark
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Q:are both novels present in this book?
A:Yes.
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Q:Does this book contain both the stories 'The room on the roof' and 'Vagrants in the valley' or only 'Vagrants in the valley' ?
A:It is a sequel of room in the roof but yet u will understand .But if u wanna read with relish then go for at 1st room on the roof.
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Q:Are the stories abridged or unabridged ?
A:Unabridged.
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