The Gold Collection
Ruskin Bond . Aleph Book Company . English
The ten stories in <i>The Gold Collection</i> are among the finest ever written by India�s most beloved writer, Ruskin Bond. Some of them, including masterpieces like �The Blue Umbrella�, �Angry River�, and �Panther�s Moon�, were written early in the writer�s career, while others, such as �Rhododendrons in the Mist� and �Miracle at Happy Bazaar�, are more recent. All of them remain as golden as they were when they first emerged from the master�s imagination.<br><br> A collection that will be treasured by all those who love Ruskin Bond�s fiction.
Categories: Fiction
About the Author
<b>Ruskin Bond</b> is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays, and poems. These include: <i>The Room on the Roof</i> (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize); <i>A Flight of Pigeons; The Night Train at Deoli; Time Stops at Shamli; Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra</i> (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award); <i>Angry River; The Blue Umbrella; Delhi Is Not Far; Rain in the Mountains; Tigers for Dinner; Tales of Fosterganj; A Gathering of Friends; Upon an Old Wall Dreaming; Small Towns, Big Stories; Unhurried Tales; A Gallery of Rascals; Rhododendrons in the Mist; Miracle at Happy Bazaar</i> (winner of the Kalinga Literary Festival Children�s Book of the Year, 2021);<i> It�s a Wonderful Life; The Shadow on the Wall; Song of the Forest;</i> and <i>The Last Tiger</i>. <br><br> Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1999, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi government in 2012, and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He was selected for the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, 2021.
