A GATHERING OF FRIENDS

His tales of India are fresh
yet age-old; the scents, sights and languor of the Indian scene have rarely
been captured with such ease and authority?’-National Herald ‘Ruskin Bond has
a magnificently simple and immensely moving style, compassion and a love and
reverence for life’-Indian Express ‘A writer of great gifts.’- New Statesman
One of the country’s foremost writers.’- Sunday Chronicle ‘The country’s
best-loved English-language storyteller…seldom disappoints his readers…
If you want the…pleasures of a good story, you can’t go wrong with Bond.’-
Live Mint One of India’s best-loved storytellers.’- The Hindu The twenty-one
stories in the book are the greatest pieces of fiction written by Ruskin
Bond. Chosen by the author himself, from a body of work built over fifty
years (starting with his award-winning first novel, The Room on the Roof, and
ending with Tales of Fosterganj) this collection includes well-known
masterpieces like ‘The Night Train at Deoli’, ‘The Woman on Platform No 8’,
‘Rusty Plays Holi’ (from The Room on the Roof), ‘Angry River’, ‘The Blue
Umbrella’, ‘The Eyes Have It’, ‘Most Beautiful’, ‘Panther’s Moon’, as well as
newer stories like ‘An Evening at the Savoy with H.H.’ (from Maharani) and
‘Dinner with Foster’ (from Tales of Fosterganj). Taken together, the stories
in A Gathering of Friends show why Ruskin Bond has long been regarded as one
of the pillars of Indian literature. This is a book that will delight his
legions of fans as well as those lucky few who are new to his fiction.