The Sole Proprietor And Other Stories

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Nostalgic Fragments

She steals surreptitiously into the hotel that the lovers are meeting for their rendezvous; At the beginning, he was bidding his girlfriend goodbye when he became conscious of the delicate fragrance in the elevator. The woman is not very pretty, but her silhouette is extremely alluring as she walked down the empty corridor; Hence, the plot develops a new twist between him and her – and her. (A book needs to be written from the beginning. The best way to resolve the plot is to work through a linear narrative.) As time passes, you will begin to feel more relaxed.

A man or a woman loses a job. A mother or a father loses a child. A child or an aged person loses a dog. Someone loses himself. A person loses another person. If you want to know the truth I must tell you When I think of you, I will not cry

It is during autumn that I finally caught a glimpse of a smile on the face of the girl in this grey city. A man turns around and returns the girl's smile as he walks by. Lights start to come on in the factories bordering both sides of the neighbouring highway. Occasionally, you can clearly see workers bustling around the machines, as if they were illuminating the huge buildings with their individual inner energies. The city remains enveloped by night.

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