Mr Ma And Son (2014)
“People didn’t celebrate it with any wild enthusiasm, and the shops were open as normal. Although ‘Happy New Year!’ was forever buzzing in one’s ears, there was nowhere the slightest sign of happiness or newness. The weather was as miserable as ever, with spots of rain whispering eerily down through the fog and making people tuck in their heads like listless egrets. At midnight on the last night of the old year, all the bells and sirens in the city rang out in unison. Alone and bare-headed, Ma W...ei stood in the black shadows of the street, and spilled a few tears in secret. Partly because he was homesick, and partly because other sorrows in his mind chose that moment to spring forth. Then he wiped away his tears, and gave a sigh.
Got to keep at it still! Tomorrow’s the new year, so you’d better forget the past.
The next day he got up very early, and after breakfast decided to go for a walk, somewhere away from it all, so as to start the new year boldly.MoreLess
Got to keep at it still! Tomorrow’s the new year, so you’d better forget the past.
The next day he got up very early, and after breakfast decided to go for a walk, somewhere away from it all, so as to start the new year boldly.MoreLess
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