A Season Of Ghosts
Once the Himalayan air settles in your bones, you're bound to return. Ruskin Bond knows this truth intimately, and in this absorbing collection, he explores how that yearning can transcend mortality itself. Each tale unfolds within misty slopes and enchanted valleys that have clearly captivated the author throughout his life. The supernatural figures populating these narratives range wildly in character. Some drift gently through the pages, like the ethereal beings in 'On Fairy Hill'. Others arrive with menace, such as the sinister guests featured in 'The Prize'. Humour surfaces unexpectedly with Miss Bellows, a punctilious witch navigating her peculiar world in 'The Black Cat', whilst darker currents pulse through the tragic figure of Gulabi in 'Wilson's Bridge'. Bond ventures into ancient folklore with 'The Rakshasas', drawing on timeworn hill legends, then pivots toward speculative territory in 'The Night of the Millennium'. Loyal readers will relish encountering old acquaintances in 'Reunion at the Regal', whilst 'Who Killed the Rani?' delivers a page-turning puzzle that resurrects the atmosphere of hill stations two decades past. Throughout it all, the mountains themselves become a character, their presence both protective and unsettling, rendered with Bond's distinctive lyrical touch.
- Author: Ruskin Bond
- Publisher: Penguin
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 978-0140287844
- Pages: 224 pages