{"product_id":"friends-of-my-youth-paperback-ruskin-bond","title":"Friends of my youth (Paperback) - Ruskin Bond","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-details\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eABOUT THIS BOOK\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"dtls-list clear\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eISBN13:9789355200686\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eISBN10:9789355200686\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eAge:15+\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003ePublisher:Rupa Publications India\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eLanguage:English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eAuthor:Ruskin Bond\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eBinding:Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003ePages:144\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"col-xs-8 dtls-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"list-cicrle-cont\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"list-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-content\"\u003eEdition:2021\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘I needed a friend but it was not easy to find one among a horde of rowdy, pea-shooting fourth formers, who carved their names on desks and stuck chewing gum on the class teacher’s chair. Had I grown up with other children, I might have developed a taste for schoolboy anarchy; but, in sharing my father’s loneliness after his separation from my mother, I had turned into a premature adult.’\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere is no telling where friendships might be made and how. Friends of My Youth is a collection of short stories by Ruskin Bond on how little and almost seemingly insignificant incidents of life can lead us to the person in whom we may find a companion, a comrade. These are the stories of how unknowingly, at times, friends are found and how they help eliminate our loneliness or become partners in crime in our personal missions. Narrated with utter simplicity, the tales make for a delightful remembrance of the friends made in the early years of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"author-book\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAUTHOR OF THE BOOK\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRuskin Bond is known for his signature simplistic and witty writing style. He is the author of several bestselling short stories, novellas, collections, essays and children’s books; and has contributed a number of poems and articles to various magazines and anthologies. At the age of 23, he won the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for his first novel, The Room on the Roof. He was also the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1999, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Delhi Government in 2012 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun. Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Landour, Mussoorie, with his adopted family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fact N Fiction Books Store","offers":[{"title":"New \/ Fact N Fiction Books Store","offer_id":45010194300998,"sku":"F000704F","price":199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/8325\/1014\/files\/Friendsofmyyouth.jpg?v=1778920679","url":"https:\/\/entopia.shop\/products\/friends-of-my-youth-paperback-ruskin-bond","provider":"entopia.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}