A Gathering of Friends: My Favourite Stories - Hardcover

Ruskin Bond; Aleph Books

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 938306479X ISBN 13: 9789383064793

Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

The twenty-one stories in the book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin Bond. Chosen by the author himself, from a body of work built over fifty years (starting with his award-winning first novel, The Room on the Roof, and ending with Tales of Fosterganj) this collection includes well-known masterpieces like The Night Train at Deoli , The Woman on Platform No 8 , Rusty Plays Holi (from The Room on the Roof), Angry River , The Blue Umbrella , The Eyes Have It , Most Beautiful , Panther s Moon , as well as newer stories like An Evening at the Savoy with H.H. (from Maharani) and Dinner with Foster (from Tales of Fosterganj). Taken together, the stories in A Gathering of Friends show why Ruskin Bond has long been regarded as one of the pillars of Indian literature. This is a book that will delight his legions of fans as well as those lucky few who are new to his fiction.

About this title

About the Author:

One of India s finest and most popular storytellers, Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems. These include The Room on the Roof (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), A Flight of Pigeons, The Night Train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award), Angry River, The Blue Umbrella, Delhi Is Not Far, Rain in the Mountains, Roads to Mussoorie, A Little Night Music, Tigers for Dinner and Tales of Fosterganj.

Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Review:

One of India s best-loved storytellers. The Hindu

His tales of India are fresh yet age-old; the scents, sights and languor of the Indian scene have rarely been captured with such ease and authority... National Herald --Various

Ruskin Bond has a magnificently simple and immensely moving style, compassion and a love and reverence for life Indian Express

A writer of great gifts. New Statesman --Various

One of the country s foremost writers. Sunday Chronicle

The country s best-loved English-language storyteller...seldom disappoints his readers... If you want the...pleasures of a good story, you can t go wrong with Bond. Live Mint --Various

About this edition

• Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 938306479X
• ISBN 13: 9789383064793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256