Rusty Room On The Roof

Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.

Rusty room on the roof.

This easy caste system was a major problem and ther were higher and lower castes. Harrison in the european area of dehradun. This story depicts the immaturity of the youths and how they live in this bewildering world of orthodox people. The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun.

It is a tale about an anglo indian orphan boy named rusty. At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community. A room on the roof is the story of a 17 year old orphan boy rusty living with his uncle mr. He is not allowed to travel outside and have any contact with the indians living in the town.

The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty. Written by bond as a 17 year old the story of the room on the roof is a semi autobiographical work. This book brings out the character of rusty as a true adolescent through the spontaneity in writing. Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends.

Born in kasauli in 1934 ruskin bond grew up in jamnagar dehradun new delhi and shimla. The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond. It was bond s first literary venture. His first novel the room on the roof written when he was seventeen received the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.

He lives with his guardian mr harrison a missionary and his wife in dehradun.