Tales from the Cafe
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Toshikazu Kawaguchi
" In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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 Tales from the Café, 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 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 travelled 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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Author
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Pages
253
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Published Date
2022
ISBN
1432899007 9781432899004
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"Tales From The Cafe is a collection of 4 short stories featuring the same cafe as in Before The Coffee Grts Cold. Which is one of my all time favorite books. In this cafe you can sit in a particular seat and be served coffee that will take you either back in time or into the future, though most go back into the past. There are rules that must be followed, such as you can't change the past and most importantly, you must finish the coffee before it gets cold. <br/><br/>The stories feature themes of love, loss, grief, and survivor's guilt. They are eloquently written and you get to know the main characters in this Cafe in Japan better as the stories progress. It's a short read at less than 200 pages, but they still pull at your heart. I will be recommending both books to everyone I meet!<br/><br/>My appreciation to Hanover Square Press, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, and NetGalley for gifting me a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review."
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Chris Hicks