Tough road for the elderly to traverse


  • Letters
  • Wednesday, 12 Jun 2019

ALL pensioners and those of us who are about to reach retirement age will find it fruitful reading Zhou Daxin’s book The Sky Gets Dark, Slowly, winner of the Mao Dun prestigious literal award in China.

Its theme touches on the issues and sore fragility of growing old and reminds us that eventually the world we know will get lonelier as familiar faces and friends leave us.

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