Ruskin Bond

Handful of Nuts

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Produktbeschreibung

A collection of Ruskin Bond's six novels evoking nostalgia for time gone by This collection of six novels sparkles with the quiet charm and humanity that are the hallmarks of Ruskin Bond's writing. Evoking nostalgia for a time gone by; these poignant chronicles of life in India's hills and small towns describe the hopes and passions that capture young minds and hearts; highlighting the uneasy reconciliation of dreams and destiny. The six novels included in the collection are: The Room on the Roof Vagrants in the Valley Delhi Is Not Far A Flight of Pigeons The Sensualist A Handful of Nuts

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 179mm x 112mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 80g
• ISBN-13: 9780143067405
• ISBN-10: 0143067400
• Artikelnr.: 42358707

Autorenporträt

Ruskin Bond's first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was 17, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has published a number of novellas, short story collections, books of essays and articles, poems, and children's books. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, the Padma Shri in 1999 and, the Padma Bhushan in 2014. Bond was born in Kasauli and grew up in Jamnagar, Dehradun, Delhi and Simla. As a young man, he spent four years in the Channel Islands and London. He returned to India in 1955. He currently resides in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.