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26%OFFToshikazu Kawaguchi - Tales from the Cafe - 9781529050868 - 9781529050868
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Tales from the Cafe

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Description for Tales from the Cafe Paperback.

The million-copy bestselling series.

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 ... Read more 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, Before We Say Goodbye and Before We Forget Kindness - all out now!

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781529050868
SKU
9781529050868
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-9

About Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Toshikazu Kawaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song and Family Time. The novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold is adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival grand prize. It was ... Read more

Reviews for Tales from the Cafe
' Heartwarming, whimsical . . . offering comfort at a time when the world seems off-kilter and chaotic'
The New York Times

Goodreads reviews for Tales from the Cafe


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