Mr Ma and Son - Lao She Terrified by the bustle and

Terrified by the bustle and activity necessary to participate in the real world

his only friend is the widow Anna

Like Joyce's Dublin and Borges' Buenos Aires

is at once a coming-of-age novel

Mr Ma and Son - Lao She Terrified by the bustle andNewly arrived from China, Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled by St Paul's Cathedral, where they try to make a living amid the smog and bustle of 1920s London. As they struggle with money, misunderstandings and the ways of the English from the overbearing patronage of missionary Reverend Ely to their well meaning landlady Mrs Weddeburn and her carefree daughter can understanding, even love, blossom? Both a moving story of the Chinese