The Room On The Roof Book Review

The room on the roof book.

The room on the roof book review.

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 a novel written by ruskin bond it was bond s first literary venture. The light spring rain rode on the wind into the trees down the road. He wrote this novel when he was in england for four years struggling for both.

Read 492 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. It covers the events of a teenager english boy rusty he is an orphan and. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957. The room on the roof is ruskin bond s masterpiece of adolesce.

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. It brought an exhilarating freshness to the air a smell of earth a scent of flowers. The room on the roof by ruskin bond july 21 2016 the room on the roof is the first novel of ruskin bond. I wonder why children of my generation don t read more of his books.

It brought a smile to the eyes of the boy on the road. The room on the roof begins thus.