by Toshikazu Kawaguchi · Pan MacMillan UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781529029581
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«Before the Coffee Gets Cold» is the magical realism novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, published by Pan MacMillan in paperback (208 pages, in English).
In a century-old café in Tokyo, four visitors get the chance to travel to the past. The rules are strict: they must occupy a fixed seat, not leave the premises, and return before the coffee gets cold. Each story touches on a loss or an unresolved goodbye, in a novel about regret and human relationships.
First installment of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Toshikazu Kawaguchi's stage play won the grand prize at the Suginami Drama Festival and was nominated for the Honya Taisho.
For readers of contemporary Japanese fiction and of emotional stories about time, memory, and personal bonds.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi is a Japanese author, screenwriter, and director born in Osaka, Japan. He has received the Grand Prize of the Suginami Theatre Festival for his stage version of Before the Coffee Gets Cold as well as having been nominated for the Bookseller's Award for the novel version. He formerly produced, directed, and wrote for theatrical group Sonic Snail.
