A Season of Ghosts

Author: Ruskin BondPublisher: PenguinYear: 2000Language: EnglishPages: 210ISBN/UPC (if available): 0140287841 DescriptionThe stories in this collection are set amidst the mists and mellow magic of Bond's beloved mountains described with Bond's inimitable lyricism.It is said that if the smell of the Himalayas creeps into a man's blood, he will return to the hills again and again, and will strive to live amongst them always. Ruskin Bond, master storyteller and connoisseur of the mysterious and macabre, shows how love may persist to death and beyond.The stories in this collection are set amidst the mists and mellow magic of Bond's beloved mountains. The agents of the supernatural may be gentle like the fairy folk in 'On Fairy Hill' or malevolent like the well-dressed diners of the 'The Prize'; humorous like the very proper witch, Miss Bellows, in 'The Black Cat', or tragic like the haunting Gulabi in 'Wilson Bridge'. 'The Rakshasa' harks back to traditional hill spirits, while 'The Nigh