write the summary of ruskin bond's novel *a bond with nature*
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The author's lyrical style of prose succeeds in depicting the emotional and mental state of the author. Ruskin Bond's The Book of Nature talks about the author's life in a village, the serenity of his calm surroundings and the passion in his soul.
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For over half a century, Ruskin Bond has celebrated the wonder and beauty of nature as few other contemporary writers have, or indeed can. This collection brings together the best of his writing on the natural world, not just in the Himalayan foothills that he has made his home, but also in the cities and small towns that he has lived in or travelled through as a young man. In these pages, he writes of leopards padding down the lanes of Mussoorie after dark, the first shower of the monsoon in Meerut that brings with it a tumult of new life, the chorus of insects at twilight outside his window, ancient banyan trees and the short-lived cosmos flower, a bat who strays into his room and makes a night less lonely... (from the blurb)
I'm on a bit of a nature kick these days (books, documentaries, considering postgraduate courses) so it was great to re-read this book, which I first read some years ago from a library. My own copy's been on my shelf for at least a year, so I was glad to finally get around to it.
As the blurb says, this is a collection of Bond's nature writing - long and short prose pieces of both fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. All of the chapters but one are vignettes of varying lengths brought under a common heading. Some are hit and miss - for me, more of the poems were misses, and in one chapter his referral to some plant species by just their scientific name was, I thought, not very helpful - but overall I liked this quite a bit.
Grandfather's Zoo - stories of the animals that Bond's grandfather, a forest officer I think, had in his menagerie around the house and gardens...and how Bond and his grandparents lived with them.
The Civilized Wilderness - all about gardens, bushes, one particular beetle, and village life and nature...basically about how nature can be found anywhere and everywhere, not just in the forests or jungles. We just have to (know how to!) look.
Into the Wild - walks, treks, explorations...the road taken or not taken and why, favourite routes and new discoveries.
Foothill to Treeline - a long, single chapter that explores the Himalayas from east to west, from its lowest reaches to the peaks.
Trees - pieces about the beauty of trees, and their 'worth' to human and other creatures alike, with notes about their place in Indian culture and tradition.
Flowers -
Rain - the Monsoons are an important season in India...and here, Bond writes about why that's so for his beloved hilly country. The pieces are about the joy and wonder - but also, if I remember correctly, the destructive power - of seasonal and unseasonal rain.
The Winged Ones - all about birds...which are, on a personal level, some of my own favourite creatures. Anyone who likes birds has at least one point in their favour with me. :P
Big-Cat Tales - here be leopards and panthers and tigers! Bond is well-known as a writer of tales about big cats, tales based in the hills, and some of them (or parts thereof) are included in this section.
Nature's Fury - earthquakes, rainstorms...sometimes animals and humans alike feel the brunt of nature's full force...and have to learn to survive it. An interesting story here is about an earthquake Bond's grandparents experienced - and what structures withstood it, and what didn't.
Green Notes - extra material that may not have fit as neatly into the other categories...but no less interesting for that!
Part of the reason I like it is that his passion for his subject(s) clearly comes through. He really is a lover of nature, and that's one thing we have in common. I've also lived in the town he now calls home, so it's a somewhat familiar environment to read about. But it's also different because I spent significantly less time there, and so my experience is nowhere deep as his, and because I was there during a very different historical period...yet that itself is engaging in an interesting wa
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