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Published: 1st March 2025
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Published: 31st December 2024
Paperback
Published: 24th September 2024
Before We Forget Kindness: The most emotional book yet in the sensational Tokyo cafe series
By (Author) Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Pan Macmillan
Picador
24th September 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Speculative fiction
Science fiction: time travel
Fiction in translation
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Sense of place
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Narrative theme: Interior life
Paperback
224
Width 132mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
166g
In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, the mysterious cafe where customers arrive hoping to travel in time welcomes four new guests: - The father who could not allow his daughter to get married - A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one - A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents - A wife holding a child with no name . . . They must follow the cafe's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold. In another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.
Toshikazu 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 COUPLE, Sunset Song and Family Time. The novel Before the coffee gets cold is adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival grand prize. It was followed by Tales from the cafe, Before your memory fades, Before we say goodbye and Before we forget kindness.