Notes From a Small Room

Celebrating simple things in life that keep us from going crazy Notes From A Small Room is a celebration of the easy pleasures of a life well-lived. In ‘A Good Philosophy’ we learn of Ruskin’s life philosophy or the lack of it and ‘In Search of the Perfect Window’ we join him in meditating on the qualities of a good window and its importance to a room. Whether contemplating the sound of a tropical downpour on the fragrance of lime trees in the Himalayas or on a year spent with his cat Suzie Ruskin transports us to a quieter more elegant world where time moves at a gentle pace. He invites us to revel in the intricacies of life and to poke fun at its absurdities with insight wisdom and wit. About the Author Ruskin Bond's first novel The Room on the Roof written when he was seventeen won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far) essays poems and children's books many of which have been published by Penguin India.He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999.