The book offers an insight into how bond perceived the world around him be it the colour of people s skin or the clothes they wore or the food they ate during festivals.
The room on the roof story by ruskin bond.
Room on the roof by ruskin bond review.
The room on the roof gives a sneak peak into bond s life as a 17 year old new to the charms of the world and dreaming of unrealistic dreams.
The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends.
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Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.
It was a great read because it has a lot of different emotions and i like the way ruskin bond has written it.
Written when the author was seventeen it brilliantly describes the hopes and passions that capture young minds and hearts.
A simple story made into such a touching.
Story the room on the roof is ruskin bond s masterpiece of adolescence and coming of age.
Room on the roof is a story of a youth written by ruskin bond in his 17 s.
The room on the roof summary ruskin bond written by bond as a 17 year old the story of the room on the roof is a semi autobiographical work.
It is a tale about an anglo indian orphan boy named rusty.