Tales from the Cafe
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The million-copy bestselling seriesToshikazu 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 of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's sensational Before the coffee gets cold, we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
EAN: 9781529050868
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 161 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / World Literature / Japan
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Book Themes:
Tokyo, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Speculative fiction, Science fiction: time travel, Magical realism, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction in translation
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 followed by Tales from the cafe.
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The million-copy bestselling seriesToshikazu 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 of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's sensational Before the coffee gets cold, we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
EAN: 9781529050868
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 161 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel, FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / World Literature / Japan
WIDTH: 130 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Tokyo, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Speculative fiction, Science fiction: time travel, Magical realism, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction in translation
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 followed by Tales from the cafe.
