Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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Tant que le café est encore chaud
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Le livre de poche
- Litterature
- 14 Septembre 2022
- 9782253940920
Dans une petite ruelle de Tokyo se trouve Funiculi Funicula, un petit établissement au sujet duquel circulent mille légendes. On raconte notamment qu'en y dégustant un délicieux café, on peut retourner dans le passé. Mais ce voyage comporte des règles : il ne changera pas le présent et dure tant que le café est encore chaud. Quatre femmes vont vivre cette singulière expérience.Vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires au Japon, traduit dans plus de trente pays, le roman de Toshikazu Kawaguchi a touché les lecteurs du monde entier.Ce délicat roman introspectif est aussi une belle réflexion sur le temps qui passe, et il s'en dégage une douce philosophie qui nous incite à vivre pleinement le présent. Bernard Babkine, Madame Figaro.Un roman émouvant sur le pardon, l'amour, la mémoire. Tout simplement éblouissant. Léa Herrmann, Nice Matin.Traduit du japonais par Miyako Slocombe.
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Après l'enchantement de Tant que le café est encore chaud, la magie continue !La légende raconte qu'un petit café tokyoïte propose une expérience unique à ses clients : voyager dans le passé... le temps d'une tasse de café. Gôtarô voudrait revoir un ami décédé il y a plus de vingt ans; Yukio, dire à sa mère combien il s'en veut de n'avoir été plus près d'elle ; Katsuki, retrouver la jeune fille qu'il regrette de n'avoir épousé; Kiyoshi, un vieil enquêteur, offrir sa à femme le plus précieux des cadeaux...Se réconcilieront-ils avec leur passé ?Vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires au Japon, traduit dans plus de trente pays, Tant que le café est encore chaud a touché les lecteurs du monde entier. Petit bijou d'émotion et de tendresse, Le café du temps retrouvé est une invitation à savourer la vie au présent.
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B>What would you change if you could go back in time?/b>In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . Toshikazu Kawaguchi's beautiful, moving story - translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot - explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
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The fourth novel in Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s internationally bestselling ''Before the Coffee Gets Cold'' series The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary, secret menu time travel offering. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family, and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks and there are rules to follow. Travellers must have visited the cafe previously and crucially, must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to go cold.
In the tradition of Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s sensational ''Before the Coffee Gets Cold'' series, readers will once again be introduced to a new set of visitors:
The husband with something important left to say The woman who couldn''t bid her dog farewell The woman who couldn''t answer a proposal The daughter who drove her father away . . .
Translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot and featuring signature heart-warming characters and wistful storytelling, in the beautifully haunting Before we say goodbye, Kawaguchi poses: who would you visit if you could travel through time? -
The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time. In northern Japan, overlooking the spectacular view Hakodate Port has to offer, Cafe Donna Donna has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe''s time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s previous novels, readers will also be introduced to: A daughter who couldn''t say ''You''re an idiot.'' A comedian who couldn''t ask ''Are you happy?'' A younger sister who couldn''t say ''Sorry.'' A young man who couldn''t say ''I like you.'' With his signature heart-warming characters and immersive storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades , Toshikazu Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
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TALES FORM THE CAFE - BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador uk
- 17 Septembre 2020
- 9781529050868
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time... 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. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to: The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago The son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeral The man who went back to see his girl who he could not marry The old detective who never gave his wife that gift... This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
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BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD - SPECIAL HBK ED WITH SPRAYED EDGES
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador uk
- 3 Octobre 2023
- 9781035032280
The million-copy bestselling series Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s moving Before the coffee gets cold, 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?
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.
In Before the coffee gets cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafe''s time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer''s, see their sister one last time, and meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.
But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the cafe, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . -
BEFORE YOUR MEMORY FADES - BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Picador uk
- 1 Septembre 2022
- 9781035004614
The third novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time. In northern Japan, overlooking the spectacular view Hakodate Port has to offer, Cafe Donna Donna has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Tales from the Cafe comes another story of four new customers, each of whom is hoping to take advantage of the cafe''s time-travelling offer. Among some familiar faces from Toshikazu Kawaguchi''s previous novels, readers will also be introduced to: A daughter who couldn''t say ''You''re an idiot.'' A comedian who couldn''t ask ''Are you happy?'' A younger sister who couldn''t say ''Sorry.'' A young man who couldn''t say ''I like you.'' With his signature heart-warming characters and immersive storytelling, in Before Your Memory Fades , Toshikazu Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?
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Nouv.
Tant que le café est encore chaud Tome 2 : le café du temps retrouvé
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Audiolib
- 8 Novembre 2023
- 9791035414108
Après l'enchantement de Tant que le café est encore chaud, la magie continue !
La légende raconte qu'un petit café tokyoïte propose une expérience unique à ses clients : voyager dans le passé... le temps d'une tasse de café.
Gôtarô voudrait revoir un ami décédé il y a plus de vingt ans ; Yukio, dire à sa mère combien il s'en veut de n'avoir été plus près d'elle ; Katsuki, retrouver la jeune fille qu'il regrette de n'avoir épousé ; Kiyoshi, un vieil enquêteur, offrir à sa femme le plus précieux des cadeaux...
Se réconcilieront-ils avec leur passé ?
Vendu à plus d'un million d'exemplaires au Japon, traduit dans plus de trente pays, Tant que le café est encore chaud a touché les lecteurs du monde entier. Petit bijou d'émotion et de tendresse, Le Café du temps retrouvé est une invitation à savourer la vie au présent. -
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Traduit du japonais par Géraldine OudinLa saveur du passé peut transformer le présent...Sur le flanc du mont Hakodate, au nord du Japon, le café Dona Dona est réputé pour sa vue imprenable sur le port de la ville. Mais surtout, comme au café Funiculi Funicula, à Tokyo, il est possible pour ses clients d'y vivre une expérience extraordinaire : voyager dans le passé, le temps d'une tasse de café.On y rencontre Yayoi, une jeune fille qui en veut à ses parents défunts d'avoir fait d'elle une orpheline ; Todoroki, un comédien qui se languit de son épouse et de leurs rêves communs ; Reiko, submergée par la disparition de sa soeur ; Reiji, qui réalise trop tard à quel point il aime son amie d'enfance... Autant d'âmes sincères et émouvantes qui, en retrouvant un pan de leur passé, apprennent à regarder le présent autrement et à envisager l'avenir avec plus de sérénité.Avec sa voix singulière et le talent de conteur qui ont fait son succès dans le monde entier, Toshikazu Kawaguchi signe un nouveau roman plein de sensibilité et de finesse, aussi réconfortant qu'un bon café chaud.
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Tant que le cafe est encore chaud (vo japonais)
Kawaguchi Toshikazu
- Sunmark publishing
- 6 Décembre 2015
- 9784763135070
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Le cafe du temps retrouve (vo japonais)
Kawaguchi Toshikazu
- Sunmark publishing
- 20 Mars 2017
- 9784763136077
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TALES FROM THE CAFE - BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD, VOL. 2
KAWAGUCHI, TOSHIKAZU
- Harlequin books
- 25 Août 2022
- 9781335630988
