Tales from the Cafe
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Book 2)
- Author Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Narrator Kevin Shen
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date 17 September 2020
- Run Time 5 hours and 33 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction in translation, Magical realism, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Science fiction: time travel, Speculative fiction.
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What to expect
The second book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s heartwarming Tales from the Cafe 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?
Down a small back alley in Tokyo, in a windowless basement lit only by ceiling lamps, is the Cafe Funiculi Funicula. Amongst the familiar faces, four new customers pay a visit. Each hopes to face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives:
- The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago
- The son who missed his own mother’s funeral
- The man who travels to see the girl who he could not marry
- The old detective, with a gift for his late wife . . .
But they must follow the rules. They must sit in a particular seat. They cannot leave the cafe. And they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .
Continue the heartwarming storytelling with Before your memory fades, Before we say goodbye, Before we forget kindness and Before I knew I loved you. Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot.
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| Author | Toshikazu Kawaguchi |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Kevin Shen |
| Series | Before the Coffee Gets Cold |
| Duration | 5 hours and 33 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781529050882 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Genre | Fiction in translation, Magical realism, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Science fiction: time travel, Speculative fiction |
| Collections | Translated Fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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