![]() The old detective who never gave his wife that birthday gift.The man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marry.The son who was unable to attend his own mother’s funeral.The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago.In Before The Coffee Gets Cold: Tales From The Cafe, we meet: The sequel sees four new characters looking to take advantage of the time travelling offer. Kei – the only one who travels forward in time – to meet her daughter.Hirai travelled back in time to see her sister.Kohtake who wanted to speak to her husband. ![]() Fumiko who travelled back to meet her boyfriend. ![]() The first book, which I read last year, sees four customers sit in the chair that takes you back to the past – or catapults you into the future. Tales From The Cafe is the second of its series, introducing readers to four new customers whom all have a different reason for wanting to travel back in time. ![]() ![]() Originally written in Japanese as a play, and translated by Geoffrey Trousselot into English, Before The Coffee Gets Cold is about Cafe Funiculi Funicula and the legend that customers can travel back in time. This is the question asked on the very first page of Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. If you could go back, who would you want to meet? ![]()
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