EYES OF THE CAT - Bond, Ruskin
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'Her eyes seemed flecked with gold when the sun was on them. And as the sun set over the mountains, drawing a deep red wound across the sky, there was more than gold in Kiran's eyes. There was anger...' Who does not enjoy short stories that are pithy, compelling and gripping? In this collection, Ruskin Bond selects some of the best short stories for his readers. There is O. Henry's classic story about hunting in the great outdoors; Guy de Maupassant's Gothic horror classic about a severed hand with a mind of its own; Edgar Allan Poe's tale about a heart that doesn't seem to stop beating; and…mehr

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'Her eyes seemed flecked with gold when the sun was on them. And as the sun set over the mountains, drawing a deep red wound across the sky, there was more than gold in Kiran's eyes. There was anger...' Who does not enjoy short stories that are pithy, compelling and gripping? In this collection, Ruskin Bond selects some of the best short stories for his readers. There is O. Henry's classic story about hunting in the great outdoors; Guy de Maupassant's Gothic horror classic about a severed hand with a mind of its own; Edgar Allan Poe's tale about a heart that doesn't seem to stop beating; and stories by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and by Ruskin Bond himself. Always entertaining and completely unputdownable, the stories in Eyes of the Cat will keep readers riveted till the very last page.
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"Ruskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children's books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of 23, he won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart fromthree years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, withhis adopted family."