{"product_id":"the-blue-umbrella-paperback","title":"The Blue Umbrella - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuskin Bond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Umbrella\u003c\/em\u003e, Ruskin Bond's short and humorous novella, Binya acquires a beautiful blue umbrella in exchange for her lucky leopard's claw pendant.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe umbrella is described as a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSet in the picturesque hills of Garhwal, the story perfectly captures life in a village, where both heroism and redemption can be found.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe blue umbrella makes Binya the envy of everyone in her village, particularly Ram Bharosa, the shop-keeper.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuskin Bond's\u003c\/b\u003e first novel, The Room on the Roof, written when he was seventeen, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novels (including Vagrants in the Valley, A Flight of Pigeons and Delhi Is Not Far), essays, poems and children's books, many of which have been published by Penguin India. He has also written over 500 short stories and articles that have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Padma Shri in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 7 x 4.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461739221229,"sku":"9788171673407","price":24.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/the-blue-umbrella-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}