And the land stretched out\n before me, and the years fell away, And I was a boy again, And the friends of\n my youth were there beside me, And nothing had changed. Told in Ruskin Bond's\n simple yet poignant style, the stories and poems in No Man Is an Island\n thoughtfully explore the many shades of friendship and camaraderie. Featuring\n classic tales such as 'The Woman on Platform No. 8', in which a mysterious\n stranger befriends a young boy, and 'The Crooked Tree', in which a writer and\n a hawker form an unlikely bond, this heart-warming collection is a must-read.