Within a year of writing this book he was awarded the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize.
The room on the roof book review pdf.
The room on the roof is ruskin bond s masterpiece of adolesce.
Curbed by his guardian s rules rusty once finds a taste of freedom while meeting three guys somi suri.
The story revolves around a seventeen year old anglo indian boy rusty.
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The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond it was bond s first literary venture.
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Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.
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.
I wonder why children of my generation don t read more of his books.
Ruskin bond my rating.
Rusty finds his life dull and empty due to his guardian s strict attitude.