Quakes and Flames

Nehru Bal Pustakalaya

by Ruskin Bond

44 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

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

[Harsh Tyagi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a really short book with two stories meant for children. One story deals with an earthquake devastating a village and other one is based on forest fires. The story does not offer much but it's a good read.

[Dhwani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading this edition.

[Priyanka Chakravorty · Rating 3 out of 5]

good book be more interesting