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| Author | Ruskin Bond |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Room on the Roof |
| Cover artist | Clarf Bishop Dean |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ruskin's famous Novels |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Coward-McCann (original)[1] Penguin Books (current) |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | India |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 184 pages (first edition)[1] |
| ISBN | 0140107835 |
| OCLC | 1579534 |
| Preceded by | N/A |
| Followed by | Vagrants in the Valley |
The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond.
It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen[2] and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957.[2][3] 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.
- ^ a b Bond, Ruskin (1957). The Room on the Roof - Google Books. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Ruskin Bond's first novel". Hindustan Times. 5 July 2019.
- ^ "THE ROOM ON THE ROOF by Ruskin Bond". The Hindu. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.