A YEAR OF CELEBRATION AND SPECTACLE

Category Literature & Fiction
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 978-93-6156-113-9
Pages: 144 pages
Date: 5th February 2025

ABOUT THIS BOOK

‘Perhaps their hearts were on fire, I don’t know; but for all their excitability and flashiness and brashness they were lovable and sincere friends, and today, when I look back on my two years in London, that Christmas party is the brightest, most vivid memory of all…’
A year is made up of so many moments—there is joy and exhilaration, but also crushing sadness; there are the marvellous highlights you remember for years to come, and the moments of peaceful quietude that bring you comfort and contentment. And through it all, we have our loved ones by our side, the ones that make it all worth it.
A Year of Celebration and Spectacle is an ode to the adventure that is life, bringing together a
collection of Bond’s stories that celebrate these moments. Immerse yourself in Bond’s lively and
engaging prose as he relates his happiest and most spectacular memories and tales.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Ruskin 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.
Born 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.