Mr Ma and Son - Lao She the cosy Tokyo café where

the cosy Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests: The father who could not allow his daughter to get married

his only friend is the widow Anna

Like Joyce's Dublin and Borges' Buenos Aires

written between the late sixties and the present day

A series of drawings made by a young woman before her death

Mr Ma and Son - Lao She the cosy Tokyo café whereNewly 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