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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 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, 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 and Before We Say Goodbye.

Tales from the Cafe

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    A Paperback / softback by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot

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      Publisher Pan Macmillan
      Published 17 September 2020
      ISBN-13 9781529050868
      978-1529050868
      ISBN-10 1529050863

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 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, 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 and Before We Say Goodbye.

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