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The Room on the Roof
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Room on the Roof
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ruskin Bond
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| Series | The Originals |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:208 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780141386768
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Random House Children's UK
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| Imprint |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Publication Date |
3 August 2017 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
A timeless story of love and friendship set in India. Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned, and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part of Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging from 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. Written when the author was himself seventeen, this timeless story of love and friendship will resonate with a whole new generation of readers.
Author Biography
Born in Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat), Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, which was written when he was seventeen, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over 500 short stories, essays and novellas (including Vagrants in the Valley and A Flight of Pigeons) and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999, and the Delhi government's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his extended family.
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