Stories From My Heart: A Comic Book

by Ruskin Bond

A COLLECTION OF MEMORABLE STORIES STRAIGHT FROM BELOVED CHILDREN’S AUTHOR RUSKIN BOND’S HEART, IN VIVID, STUNNING COMIC FORMAT.

The mystery of a ghostly song, the charm of a granny’s mischievous cat and the temptation of Miss Kellner’s biscuits. Ruskin Bond’s wildly popular Tales from My Heart takes on a fresh and exciting new shape, coming vividly alive in comic form.

These musings and anecdotes from Bond’s life and imagination capture his good-natured wit and his deep love for nature and people.

Beautifully illustrated and capturing the unique texture of his voice, this rare comic adaptation is a collector’s gem for Bond aficionados. Brimming with his trademark warmth, humour and life lessons, Stories from My Heart is a book for all ages.

Genres: Indian Literature

64 pages, Paperback

Published November 25, 2024

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

Reviews

[Saurabh Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic words of Bond sahib presented in an avant-garde form, wherein he looks more like James Bond than Ruskin Bond.