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Tales from the cafe /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: Before the coffee gets cold seriesPublisher: London, England : Pan Macmillan, Picador, 2020Description: 192 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529050868
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 895.636 KAT 23
Contents:
Summary: 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 the 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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Book Book Library A General Collection 895.636 KAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 06/20/2024 1004691
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The best friend -- Mother and son -- The lovers -- The married couple.

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 the 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?

Translated from the Japanese into English.

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