Tales from the cafe : a novel / Toshikazu Kawaguchi ; translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot.
"In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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. With faces both familiar and new, Tales from the Cafe follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and revisit moments with family, friends and lovers. Each one must face up to the past to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi's wistful and heartwarming new novel once again invites the reader to ask themselves, 'What would you do if you could travel back in time?'."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335630988
- ISBN: 1335630988
- Physical Description: 255 pages ; 19 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Hanover Square Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Japan as Kono uso ga barenai uchi ni by Sunmark Publishing, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, in 2017"--Title page verso. "First published in 2020 in the United Kingdom by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan. This edition published in 2021"--Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Best friend -- Mother and son -- Lovers -- Married couple. |
Language Note: | In English, translated from the Japanese. |
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Subject: | Coffeehouses > Japan > Tokyo > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. |
Genre: | Time-travel fiction. Time-travel fiction. Magic realist fiction. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | FICTION KAWAGUCHI 2021 (Text) | 0001002383048 | Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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. With faces both familiar and new, Tales from the Cafe follows the story of four patrons who visit to take advantage of café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer and revisit moments with family, friends and lovers. Each one must face up to the past to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi's wistful and heartwarming new novel once again invites the reader to ask themselves, 'What would you do if you could travel back in time?'."--