When Darkness Falls and Other Stories (Paperback)  | Released: 15 Apr 2003

'A compilation that once again invites curiousity about the Ruskin Bond way of life.' —Indian Express, New Delhi 'Ruskin Bond displays all the qualities of a master storyteller: a deceptively effortless style, an eye for the extraordinary in seemingly humdrum lives, and a deep empathy with his characters. Humorous, sad and nostalgic, ..a treat for all Ruskin Bond fans.' —Asian Age, New Delhi 'There is an overwhelming simplicity in all his stories. When Darkness Falls is pure vintage Bond. The publishers have taken care to please a wide spectrum of readers.' —The Pioneer, New Delhi 'Yet another treat for book-lovers. Ruskin Bond with an amazing ease and simplicity, knits his characters, incidents and surrounding landscape into a smooth flowing stories and creates picture in his reader's mind.' —ParentingAbout The AuthorRuskin 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 novellas (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.