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Before we forget kindness : a novel / Toshikazu Kawaguchi ; translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot.

Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971- (author.). Trousselot, Geoffrey, (translator.). Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971- translation of: Yasashisa o wasurenu uchi ni. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

In the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back 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 café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781335915283 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 235 pages ; 19 cm.
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Hanover Square Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published in 2024 in the United Kingdom by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan."--Title page verso.
Originally published in Japanese in 2023 as "Yasashisa o wasurenu uchi ni" by Sanmāku Shuppan.
Language Note:
Translated from the Japanese.
Subject: Coffeehouses > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Regret > Fiction.
Time travel > Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) > Fiction.
Genre: Magic realist fiction.
Time-travel fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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24510. ‡aBefore we forget kindness : ‡ba novel / ‡cToshikazu Kawaguchi ; translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot.
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300 . ‡a235 pages ; ‡c19 cm.
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4901 . ‡aBefore the coffee gets cold ; ‡v5
500 . ‡a"First published in 2024 in the United Kingdom by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan."--Title page verso.
500 . ‡aOriginally published in Japanese in 2023 as "Yasashisa o wasurenu uchi ni" by Sanmāku Shuppan.
520 . ‡aIn the fifth book in the sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series translated from Japanese, the mysterious Tokyo café where customers arrive hoping to travel back 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 café's strict rules, however, and come back to the present before their coffee goes cold.
546 . ‡aTranslated from the Japanese.
650 0. ‡aCoffeehouses ‡vFiction.
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650 0. ‡aRegret ‡vFiction.
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651 0. ‡aTokyo (Japan) ‡vFiction.
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7001 . ‡aTrousselot, Geoffrey, ‡etranslator.
70012. ‡itranslation of: ‡aKawaguchi, Toshikazu, ‡d1971- ‡tYasashisa o wasurenu uchi ni. ‡lEnglish.
8001 . ‡aKawaguchi, Toshikazu, ‡d1971- ‡tBefore the coffee gets cold series ; ‡v5.
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