Description: "If you could go back, who would you want to meet? In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a cafâe that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time. Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the cafâe in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isn't so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can last only as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold"--
Brief description:
TOSHIKAZU KAWAGUCHI was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He has produced, directed and written for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. His works as a playwright include COUPLE, Sunset Song and family time. His play Before the Coffee Gets Cold won the grand prize at the Suginami Drama Festival. Before the Coffee Gets Cold has become an international bestseller and has been adapted for the screen in Japan.
Review Quotes: Praise for the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series
"Endearing." --New York Times Book Review
"The narrative is deeply moving." --Chicago Review of Books
"A complete page-turner from the start to the end."--Buzzfeed
"Heartwarming, quirky, and wistful." --HuffPost
"Interwoven into what initially feels like a whimsical escape are existential conundrums of love and loss, family and freedom, life and death." --Christian Science Monitor
"Charming." --Star Tribune