{"product_id":"2306-ruskin-bond-collected-fiction","title":"Ruskin Bond - Collected Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ruskin Bond\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 946\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140503579\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to over fifty short stories, the selection includes all the longer works by Ruskin Bond.  Also included is The Sensualist, a novella which created controversy  and has not been published in book form before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a career spanning four decades, Ruskin Bond has mapped out and peopled a unique literary landscape.  This omnibus edition brings together all his published fiction, remarkable for its charm and quiet wisdom.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA well crafted bunch of short stories, long stories, novellas and novels, this volume brings to life the special flavors of life in the hills and goes on to strengthen the Rudyardian thesis that the smell of the Himalays if it once creeps into the blood of a man he will return to the hills again and again and will love to live and die among them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuskin Bond is a writer who has, with intense depth and sensitivity, absorbed the essence of the polyglotic and culturally syncretic contemporary Indian society.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection is a fitting tribute to one of the best storytellers of contemporary India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORT STORIES\u003cbr\u003eThe Woman on Platform No.8\u003cbr\u003eThe Coral Tree\u003cbr\u003eThe Photograph\u003cbr\u003eThe Window\u003cbr\u003eChachi's Funeral\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who was Kipling\u003cbr\u003eThe Eyes have it\u003cbr\u003eThe Thief\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy who Broke the Bank\u003cbr\u003eHis Neighbour's Wife\u003cbr\u003eThe Night Train at Deoli\u003cbr\u003eThe Garlands on his Brow\u003cbr\u003eA guardian Angel\u003cbr\u003eDeath of a Familiar\u003cbr\u003eThe Kitemaker\u003cbr\u003eThe Monkeys\u003cbr\u003eThe Prospect of Flowers\u003cbr\u003eA Case for Inspector Lal \u003cbr\u003eA face in the Dark\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Madhu\u003cbr\u003eA Job Well Done\u003cbr\u003eMy Father's Tree in Dehra\u003cbr\u003ePanther's Moon\u003cbr\u003eThe Leopard\u003cbr\u003eSita and the River\u003cbr\u003eLove is a Sad Song\u003cbr\u003eThe Funeral \u003cbr\u003eThe Room of Many Colours\u003cbr\u003eTime Stops at Shamli\u003cbr\u003eMost Beautiful\u003cbr\u003eDust on the Mountain\u003cbr\u003eThe Fight\u003cbr\u003eThe Tunnel\u003cbr\u003eGoing Home\u003cbr\u003eMasterji\u003cbr\u003eListen to the wind\u003cbr\u003eThe Haunted Bicycle\u003cbr\u003eDead Man's Gift\u003cbr\u003eWhispering in the Dark\u003cbr\u003eHe said it with Arsenic\u003cbr\u003eThe Most Potent Medicine of All\u003cbr\u003eHanging at the Mango-Tope\u003cbr\u003eEyes of the Cat\u003cbr\u003eA Crow for All Seasons\u003cbr\u003eA Tiger in the House\u003cbr\u003eTiger, Tiger, Burning Bright\u003cbr\u003eEscape from Java\u003cbr\u003eUntouchable\u003cbr\u003eAll Creatures Great and Small\u003cbr\u003eComing Home to Dehra\u003cbr\u003eWhat's Your Dream?\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Tonga Ride\u003cbr\u003eCalypso Christmas\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Time I Saw Delhi\u003cbr\u003eThe Good Old Days\u003cbr\u003eBinya Passes By\u003cbr\u003eAs Time Goes By\u003cbr\u003eFrom Small Beginnings\u003cbr\u003eDeath of the Tree\u003cbr\u003eWould Astley Return?\u003cbr\u003eThe Girl from Copenhagen\u003cbr\u003eThe Trouble with Jinns\u003cbr\u003eTribute to a Dear Friend\u003cbr\u003eMy First Love\u003cbr\u003eMiss Bun and Others\u003cbr\u003eThe Daffodil Case\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVELS AND NOVELLAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Room on the Roof\u003cbr\u003eVagrants in the Valley\u003cbr\u003eDelhi is not Far\u003cbr\u003eA Flight of Pigeons\u003cbr\u003eThe Sensualist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ruskin Bond \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776519254185,"sku":"2306","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2306_b22e570c-233d-4af2-addc-8e53bf963085.jpg?v=1625570231","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/2306-ruskin-bond-collected-fiction","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}