{"product_id":"before-the-coffee-gets-cold-the-beautiful-festive-edition-paperback","title":"Before the Coffee Gets Cold: The Beautiful Festive Edition (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling international phenomenon, now wrapped up\nin a gorgeous, special festive gift edition - the perfect stocking filler for a\nloved one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat would you do if you could go back in time?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving\ncarefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop\noffers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel in time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn \u003ci\u003eBefore the coffee gets cold\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet four visitors, each of whom is\nhoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, in order to:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n- confront the man who left them\u003cbr\u003e\n- receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early\nonset Alzheimer’s\u003cbr\u003e\n- see their sister one last time\u003cbr\u003e\n- meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBut the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit\nin a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return\nto the present before the coffee gets cold . . .\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTranslated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s\nbeautiful, moving \u003ci\u003eBefore the coffee gets cold\u003c\/i\u003e explores the age-old\nquestion: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More\nimportantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContinue the beautifully moving storytelling with\u003ci\u003e Tales from the Cafe,\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBefore Your Memory Fades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore We\nForget Kindness \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Before I knew I loved you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eToshikazu Kawaguchi\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Osaka, Japan, in\n1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic\nSnail. As a playwright, his works include \u003ci\u003eCOUPLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Song\u003c\/i\u003e and\n\u003ci\u003eFamily Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The novel \u003ci\u003eBefore the Coffee Gets Cold \u003c\/i\u003eis adapted\nfrom a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama\nFestival grand prize. It was followed by \u003ci\u003eTales From the Cafe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore\nYour Memory Fades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBefore We Say Goodbye,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBefore We Forget\nKindness \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Before I knew I loved you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Trousselot\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hobart, Australia, in 1969. He is the\ntranslator of the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series. Other translations\ninclude \u003ci\u003eThe I Wonder Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e by Shinsuke Yoshitake and \u003ci\u003eHiroshima:\nFrom the shadows of the grass\u003c\/i\u003e by Toshinori Kanaya. He was a contributing\ntranslator to \u003ci\u003eThe 20th Century Art in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e by the Tokyo Art Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46333755326671,"sku":"9781037416095","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_47fc57a8-7f6b-4307-a017-05394d3e1053.jpg?v=1792117227","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/before-the-coffee-gets-cold-the-beautiful-festive-edition-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}