When Darkness Falls and Other Stories

In When Darkness Falls, Ruskin Bond emerges yet again as a master storyteller: A deceptively effortless style, an eye for the extraordinary in seemingly humdrum lives and a deep empathy with his characters—even when they belong to the supernatural realm. We meet the war veteran Markham whose deformation ends in tragedy; Susanna, the merry widow who loved each of her seven husbands to death and Kundan Singh, the reckless rake whom women find irresistible. There are also fascinating stories from the author’s childhood, about the eccentric characters and memorable animals of old Dehradun.

CONTENTS

When Darkness Falls
The Garden of Memories
The Ghost of Garden
Return of the White Pigeon
Young Man in a Tonga
The Writer's Bar
Topaz
Susanna's Seven Husbands
The Amorous Servant
Monkey Trouble
Colonel Wilkie's Good Hunting
The Family Ghost
Living Without Money

In Cand intunericul cade, Ruskin Bond apare din nou ca un maestru povestitor: un stil inselator fara efort, un ochi pentru extraordinar in vieti aparent umede si o profunda empatie cu personajele sale - chiar si atunci cand apartin taramului supranatural. Ne intalnim cu veteranul de razboi Markham a carui deformare se termina in tragedie; Susanna, vaduva vesela care i-a iubit pe fiecare dintre cei sapte soti pana la moarte si Kundan Singh, grebla nesabuita pe care femeile o considera irezistibila.