Small Towns, Big Stories
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Small Towns, Big Stories by Ruskin Bond
Small Towns, Big Stories showcases twenty-one stories of small-townife by the country's greatestiving chronicler of the Indian heartland.Ruskin Bond has been writing evocative stories about the dusty towns and settlements in the hinterland for decades but this is the first time his finest stories on the theme have been brought together in a single volume. Timeless classicsike "Time Stops at Shamli', "Bus Stop, Pipalnagar' and "The Night Train at Deoli' rub shoulders with brilliant new stories that have never been published beforeike "Strychnine in the Cognac', "The Horseshoe' and "When the Clock Strikes Thirteen'. Vibrant, poignant, beautiful and tragic, these stories show a master storyteller at the height of his powers.
Bond, Ruskin: - 'Ruskin Bond' has written novels, memoirs, short story collections and books of essays and poetry. His recent books include 'Lone Fox Dancing: My Autobiography', 'I Was the Wind Last Night: New and Collected Poems'; 'A Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills', 'Friends in Wild Places: Birds, Beasts and Other Companions', 'A Little Book of Happiness', 'A Little Book of Serenity 'and 'A Little Book of Love and Companionship', as well as the popular classics 'Room on the Roof '(winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), 'A Flight of Pigeons', 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Time Stops at Shamli', 'Night Train at Deoli', 'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra '(winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award) and 'Rain in the Mountains'. He has co-edited 'Himalaya: Adventures, Meditations, Life '(with Namita Gokhale) and 'Prankenstein: The Book of Crazy Mischief '(with Jerry Pinto). He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789382277545 |
| ISBN 10 | 9382277544 |
| Title | Small Towns, Big Stories |
| Author | Ruskin Bond |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Aleph Book Company |
| Year published | 2016-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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