The Room On The Roof Book Review

Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.

The room on the roof book review.

Read 492 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. The room on the roof by ruskin bond july 21 2016 the room on the roof is the first novel of ruskin bond. Within a year of writing this book he was awarded the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize. It covers the events of a teenager english boy rusty he is an orphan and.

Well the book is staged against a small indian town. The room on the roof is ruskin bond s first novel written way back in the year 1956 when he was just 17 years old. The light spring rain rode on the wind into the trees down the road. After reading room on the roof i am looking forward to reading a few of ruskin bond s other stories.

It brought an exhilarating freshness to the air a smell of earth a scent of flowers. 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. The room on the roof is ruskin bond s masterpiece of adolesce. He wrote this novel when he was in england for four years struggling for both.

It brought a smile to the eyes of the boy on the road. I wonder why children of my generation don t read more of his books.