Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (tr. Geoffrey Trousselot)
"In a Tokyo basement café, one seat lets you travel back in time — until your coffee gets cold."
In a small Tokyo café, customers can revisit a single moment in their past — but only from one seat, and only until the cup cools. Four visitors take their turn in this gentle, quietly devastating story about love, regret and what we'd say if we could say it again.
Worth knowing
A global phenomenon adapted from Kawaguchi's award-winning stage play, with millions of copies sold and a beloved series to follow. If you liked The Midnight Library.
