{"product_id":"scenes-from-the-magic-mountain-five-seasons-in-the-mussoorie-hills-and-beyond-9789354473517","title":"Scenes from the Magic Mountain: Five Seasons in the Mussoorie Hills and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuskin Bond has spent a lifetime paying attention to the seasons of the hills-watching their arrivals and departures, their repetitions and small variations, the ways in which they shape both landscape and daily life. He's written of spring's first leaves and tentative warmth; the long, insect-filled days of summer; the monsoon's rain, mist, and abundance; autumn's burnished light and ripening fruit; winter's cold silences and snow-laden trees; and finally, the eternal season-the quiet renewal that begins where all endings meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eScenes from the Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, he gathers his writings and remembered moments across these six seasons, observing the natural world-along forest paths, during walks, storms, solitary afternoons, and shared silences. Birds and trees, rain and light, houses, animals, neighbours, and memories pass through these pages without hurry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoughtful, attentive and reflective, \u003ci\u003eScenes from the Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e offers the seasons not as events to be marked, but as a way of living in time. A companion for slow reading, this is a book to return to across the year, as the seasons turn and return again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354473517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.42d","brand":"Ruskin Bond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934118113461,"sku":"9789354473517","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/scenes-from-the-magic-mountain-five-seasons-in-the-mussoorie-hills-and-beyond-9789354473517","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}