The Boy in the Hotel Is No Longer at the Window

Shara is the only one her grandfather allows to touch his ancient 12 inch t v and his f c r. She watches his collection of kung fo and sword fighting tapes, copies of copies made by enterprising video store employee who ran a movie subscription business in manhattan's chinatown. Her grandfather lived as a widower for 30 years before failing health forced him to move in with the family of his sole child, shara's father. He never utters a word to her or to any one else, and he doesn't leave the apartment in elmhurst, except to go to the back lot like the boy in the hotel. It was from glancing up at him while