The room on the roof is ruskin bond s masterpiece of adolescence and coming of age.
The room on the roof book.
Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.
Room on the roof is about rusty a european boy who lives in european community of independent india.
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The book is a story of a 16 year old anglo indian boy rusty who is an orphan and lives with his guardian john harrison an englishman in the european colony in dehradun.
Within a year of writing this book he was awarded the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize.
It was bond s first literary venture.
And how things changed after he meets young indian boys somi ranbir kishen suri and becomes friends with them.
Here is a quick description and cover image of book the room on the roof written by ruskin bond which was published in 1956.
His first novel the room on the roof written when he was seventeen received the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.
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A moving tale of love and friendship it has endured as bond s most beloved novel.
The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun.
Written when the author was seventeen it brilliantly describes the hopes and passions that capture young minds and hearts.
Since then he has written over five hundred short stories essays and novellas some included in the collections dust on the mountains and classic ruskin bond and more than forty books for children.