Tošikazu Kawaguči Books

The fourth novel in the sensational 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' series featuring cafe regulars, with the same time-travelling offer, back in the Tokyo cafe – if customers follow the rules.

Set in a unique Tokyo cafe, this installment of the 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' series introduces new customers who seek to travel back in time. Each character brings their own story and motivations, exploring themes of love, regret, and the impact of choices. The cafe's magical ability to allow time travel under specific conditions adds depth to their journeys, inviting readers to reflect on the significance of moments in life.

Sequel to Before the Coffee Gets Cold, following four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Tokyo cafe.In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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 Tales from the Cafe, 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 of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe old detective who never gave his wife that gift . . .

The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time.In northern Japan, overlooking the spectacular view Hakodate Port has to offer, Cafe Donna Donna 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 and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe's time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novels, readers will also be introduced to:A daughter who couldn't say 'You're an idiot.'A comedian who couldn't ask 'Are you happy?'A younger sister who couldn't say 'Sorry.'A young man who couldn't say 'I like you.

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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. But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .

Die Fortsetzung des Welt-Bestsellers Before the coffee gets cold mit vier neuen Geschichten aus dem magischen Café Toshikazu Kawaguchi erzählt vier weitere bewegende Geschichten von Menschen, die in die Vergangenheit reisen möchten, um Geschehnisse, die sie bereuen, wieder gut zu machen und dadurch eine bessere Zukunft zu schaffen. Wenn sich die neuen Besucher:innen an die Regeln halten, bekommen sie diese einmalige Gelegenheit Dinge abzuschließen und Trost zu finden – solange sie in die Gegenwart zurückkehren, bevor ihr Kaffee kalt wird. Ihre Motive sind unterschiedlich, doch die gelernte Lektion dieselbe: Egal ob Versöhnung, Vergebung oder neue Hoffnung - das Leben wird vorwärts gelebt und rückwärts verstanden. Vier Erzählungen über den Sinn des Lebens und die Aussöhnung mit der Vergangenheit In dem geheimnisvollen Café Funiculi Funicula in Tokio nehmen vier neue Gäste auf dem besonderen Stuhl Platz: ein Vater, der seiner Tochter die Heirat nicht gestatten konnte, eine Frau, die ihrem Geliebten keine Valentinstag-Schokolade schenken konnte, ein Junge, der sein Lächeln mit seinen geschiedenen Eltern teilen möchte eine Frau mit einem Kind ohne Namen in ihren Armen.

Štvrtý diel o podivnej kaviarni bude možno pre mnohých čitateľov prekvapením. Dej sa vracia späť do tokijskej kaviarne Funiculi funicula, ale vracia sa aj v čase, do obdobia medzi dejom prvého a druhého dielu série. I tentoraz sa môžeme tešiť na štyri emočne silné príbehy. Všetci hrdinovia najprv pocítia sklamanie, keď zistia, že realitu zmeniť nedokážu, a svojho blízkeho pred smrťou neuchránia. Napriek tomu im toto stretnutie pomôže vyrovnať sa so smutnou situáciou.

Třetí z řady magicko-realistických příběhů, jejichž ohniskem se stává podivuhodná kavárna, umožňující cestování v čase. Tokijská kavárna Funiculi funicula není jediným podnikem v Japonsku, kde lze cestovat časem. V kavárně Dona dona ve městě Hakodate, kterou provozuje matka majitele tokijské kavárny Nagareho, je také možné vrátit se do minulosti nebo navštívit budoucnost. Pravidla tu platí stejná: do jiné doby můžete jen na tak dlouho, než vystydne káva. Ani tentokrát čtyři protagonisté realitu změnit nedokážou, mohou ale změnit svůj pohled na život - a tím i vlastní budoucnost. Nakladatelská anotace.