This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives.

Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's sensational Before the coffee gets cold, 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. From the author of Before the coffee gets cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail.

Toshikazu Kawaguchi's heart-warming Tales from the café, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu Kawaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971.

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