{"product_id":"before-the-coffee-gets-cold-toshikazu-kawaguchi","title":"Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Japanese cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToshikazu Kawaguchi's heart-warming \u003ci\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold, \u003c\/i\u003etranslated from Japanese, 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?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrepare to meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer in order to:\u003cbr\u003e- confront the man who left them\u003cbr\u003e- receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by Alzheimer's\u003cbr\u003e- see their sister one last time, and\u003cbr\u003e- meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book broke my heart, took the pieces, and put them back together in a messy and beautiful way. . . '\u003cbr\u003e-@well.read.woman on Instagram \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContinue the beautifully moving storytelling with\u003ci\u003e Tales from the Cafe,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore Your Memory Fades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBefore We Forget Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eToshikazu 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 \u003ci\u003eCOUPLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFamily Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The novel \u003ci\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold \u003c\/i\u003eis adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival grand prize. It was followed by \u003ci\u003eTales From the Cafe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore Your Memory Fades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBefore We Forget Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e.\nGeoffrey Trousselot was born in Hobart, Australia, in 1969. He is the translator of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Other translations include \u003ci\u003eThe I Wonder Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e by Shinsuke Yoshitake and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima: From the shadows of the grass\u003c\/i\u003e by Toshinori Kanaya. He was a contributing translator to \u003ci\u003eThe 20th Century Art in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e by the Tokyo Art Club.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Flapped B Format. Klappenbroschur, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65760475611485,"sku":"K079549937","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7954993700001A.jpg?v=1788219531","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/before-the-coffee-gets-cold-toshikazu-kawaguchi","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}