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BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD - BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador Uk
- 19 Septembre 2019
- 9781529029581
B>What would you change if you could go back in time?/b>In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . Toshikazu Kawaguchi's beautiful, moving story - translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot - explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
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TALES FORM THE CAFE - BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador Uk
- 17 Septembre 2020
- 9781529050868
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time... From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to: The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago The son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeral The man who went back to see his girl who he could not marry The old detective who never gave his wife that gift... This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
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BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD - SPECIAL HBK ED WITH SPRAYED EDGES
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador Uk
- 3 Octobre 2023
- 9781035032280
The million-copy bestselling series Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s moving Before the coffee gets cold, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.
In Before the coffee gets cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe''s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer''s, see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.
But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . -
The million-copy bestselling series.
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Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s heartwarming Tales from the Cafe, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time . . .
From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula''s time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers, we will be introduced to:
The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
The son who was unable to attend his own mother''s funeral
The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry
The old detective who never gave his wife that gift . . .
This beautiful tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives.
Continue the heartwarming storytelling with Before Your Memory Fades and Before We Say Goodbye.
*Pre-order Book 5, Before We Forget Kindness, now!* -
BEFORE YOUR MEMORY FADES - BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador Uk
- 1 Septembre 2022
- 9781035004614
The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time. In northern Japan, overlooking the spectacular view Hakodate Port has to offer, Cafe Donna Donna has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe''s time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s previous novels, readers will also be introduced to: A daughter who couldn''t say ''You''re an idiot.'' A comedian who couldn''t ask ''Are you happy?'' A younger sister who couldn''t say ''Sorry.'' A young man who couldn''t say ''I like you.'' With his signature heart-warming characters and immersive storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades , Toshikazu Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
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The million-copy bestselling series
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious cafe where customers arrive hoping to travel back in time welcomes four new guests:
- The father who could not allow his daughter to get married
- A woman who couldn''t give Valentine''s Day chocolates to her loved one
- A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents
- A wife holding a child with no name . . .
They must follow the cafe''s strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold. Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before we forget kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.
Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Tales from the Cafe, Before Your Memory Fades and Before We Say Goodbye. -
BEFORE WE FORGET KINDNESS ; BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador Uk
- 8 Mai 2025
- 9781035046287