The Adventures of Rusty Collected Stories

The Adventures Of Rusty Collected Stories has been written by Ruskin Bond one of India’s most-loved authors of children’s books. This book features the titular character of Rusty an anglo-Indian boy who bears close resemblances to author when he was a child himself. In this way it can be considered a semi-autobiographical semi-fiction work which has been written in lucid English.The Adventures Of Rusty Collected Stories features stories from the time when Rusty studies at a residential school located in Dehra. It also features stories where Rusty is surrounded by the vastness of nature and its infinitely beautiful creations. This book also features Uncle Ken as a character who has trouble finding a well-paying steady job. Also included is a story where Rusty plans to travel 800 miles in order to meet his Uncle Jim who is a sailor.The stories travel at a slow laid-back pace and gradually immerse the reader into their mellow universe. This book portrays the non-judgemental nature of the author as he describes the various people he met in life through the tales of his young character Rusty.Rusty’s unexpected confrontation with a leopard and his experience of life as a young author in London are described in some of the stories. The tales in this book are funny adventurous and above all thought-provoking. They can be enjoyed by young readers as well as older readers. The Adventures Of Rusty Collected Stories was published in 2012 by Penguin India and is available in the form of a paperback. 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.