
Description:
The cosy, heartwarming first book in the multi-million copy bestselling series.
What would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores this age-old question . . .
In a cosy 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.
Prepare to 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 Alzheimer's
- see their sister one last time
- 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 . . .
‘This book broke my heart, took the pieces, and put them back together in a messy and beautiful way. . . ' - well.read.woman on Instagram
Continue the beautifully moving storytelling with Tales from the Cafe,Before Your Memory Fades, Before We Say Goodbye, Before We Forget Kindness and Before I knew I loved you.
Review
A moving meditation on second chances ― iNews
Wonderful introspective examination of grief and regret ― Popculturebandit.com
The perfect accompaniment for your dreary commute ― Independent
This wondrous tale...an affecting, deeply immersive journey ― Publishers Weekly
From the Back Cover
“Are you listening?” Kazu continued. “When you return to the past, you must drink the entire cup before the coffee goes cold.”
“Uh. I don’t actually like coffee that much.”
Kazu opened her eyes wider and brought her face an inch or so from the tip of Fumiko’s nose.
“This is the one rule you have to absolutely obey,” she said in a low voice.
“Really?”
“If you don’t, something terrible will happen to you . . .”“Are you listening?” Kazu continued. “When you return to the past, you must drink the entire cup before the coffee goes cold.”
“Uh. I don’t actually like coffee that much.”
Kazu opened her eyes wider and brought her face an inch or so from the tip of Fumiko’s nose.
“This is the one rule you have to absolutely obey,” she said in a low voice.
“Really?”
“If you don’t, something terrible will happen to you . . .”
About the Author
Geoffrey Trousselot was born in Hobart, Australia, in 1969. He is the translator of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Other translations include The I Wonder Bookstore by Shinsuke Yoshitake and Hiroshima: From the shadows of the grass by Toshinori Kanaya. He was a contributing translator to The 20th Century Art in Japan by the Tokyo Art Club.
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AED10417
Quantity:
Order today to get by 7-14 business days
Delivery fee of AED 20. Free for orders above AED 200.
Imported From: United Kingdom
At BOLO, we work hard to ensure the products you receive are new, genuine, and sourced from reputable suppliers.
Every product in the BOLO catalogue is sourced through our Verified Global Supply Network of verified sellers, authorized distributors or directly from the manufacturer.
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Description:
The cosy, heartwarming first book in the multi-million copy bestselling series.
What would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores this age-old question . . .
In a cosy 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.
Prepare to 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 Alzheimer's
- see their sister one last time
- 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 . . .
‘This book broke my heart, took the pieces, and put them back together in a messy and beautiful way. . . ' - well.read.woman on Instagram
Continue the beautifully moving storytelling with Tales from the Cafe,Before Your Memory Fades, Before We Say Goodbye, Before We Forget Kindness and Before I knew I loved you.
Review
A moving meditation on second chances ― iNews
Wonderful introspective examination of grief and regret ― Popculturebandit.com
The perfect accompaniment for your dreary commute ― Independent
This wondrous tale...an affecting, deeply immersive journey ― Publishers Weekly
From the Back Cover
“Are you listening?” Kazu continued. “When you return to the past, you must drink the entire cup before the coffee goes cold.”
“Uh. I don’t actually like coffee that much.”
Kazu opened her eyes wider and brought her face an inch or so from the tip of Fumiko’s nose.
“This is the one rule you have to absolutely obey,” she said in a low voice.
“Really?”
“If you don’t, something terrible will happen to you . . .”“Are you listening?” Kazu continued. “When you return to the past, you must drink the entire cup before the coffee goes cold.”
“Uh. I don’t actually like coffee that much.”
Kazu opened her eyes wider and brought her face an inch or so from the tip of Fumiko’s nose.
“This is the one rule you have to absolutely obey,” she said in a low voice.
“Really?”
“If you don’t, something terrible will happen to you . . .”
About the Author
Geoffrey Trousselot was born in Hobart, Australia, in 1969. He is the translator of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Other translations include The I Wonder Bookstore by Shinsuke Yoshitake and Hiroshima: From the shadows of the grass by Toshinori Kanaya. He was a contributing translator to The 20th Century Art in Japan by the Tokyo Art Club.
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