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Before Your Memory Fades
By Toshikazu KawaguchiPublisher Description
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.
On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through 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:
Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:
On the hillside of Mount Hakodate in northern Japan, Cafe Donna Donna is fabled for its dazzling views of Hakodate port. But that’s not all. Like the charming Tokyo cafe Funiculi Funicula, Cafe Donna Donna offers its customers the extraordinary experience of travelling through 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 begrudges her deceased parents for leaving her orphaned
- A comedian who aches for his beloved and their shared dreams
- A younger sister whose grief has become all-consuming
- A young man who realizes his love for his childhood friend too late
Translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
Meet more wonderful characters in the rest of the captivating Before the Coffee Gets Cold series:
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold
- Tales from the Cafe
- Before We Say Goodbye
- Before We Forget Kindness
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“I didn’t enjoy this one. It was repetitive, and the stories lacked the emotional depth of the first book. The constant explanation of the rules got tiring, and I even had to skip parts. I’m not sure I want to continue with the series.”Mary Laurenz
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“This is the third book in the “Before the coffee gets cold series”.
Number of pages: 239
This book comprises of different stories of four people in the cafe in Hakodate unlike the one in Tokyo managed by Nagare’s mother Yukari.
Beautiful stories portraying life, love, relationship, Ambition, loss, grief, acceptance etc.
1st story: The Daughter
This story talks about how ignorant we are to the lives of other people. Every person is fighting their own battle which we are unaware of !
2nd story: The Comedian
This story talks about how life goes on even after the loss of our loved ones. Our loved ones live through the love we have for them !
3rd story: The Sister
This story talks about how the change is the only constant in life and the loss of loved ones is part of that journey !
4th story: The Young Man
This story talks about how the present and future are shaped through our current actions. We have no control over the past but we can definitely try to make the present and future better for ourselves and our loved ones through our current actions !”About Toshikazu Kawaguchi
TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He has produced, directed and written for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song and family time. His play Before the Coffee Gets Cold won the grand prize at the Suginami Drama Festival. This is his debut as an author. Before the Coffee Gets Cold has become an international bestseller and has been adapted for the screen in Japan.
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