Before the Coffee Gets Cold (コーヒーが冷めないうちに, Kohi ga Samenai Uchi ni) is a 2015 novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. It tells the story of a café in Tokyo that allows its customers to travel back in time, as long as they return before their coffee gets cold. The story originally began as a play in 2010, before being adapted into a novel in 2015. It was translated into English by Geoffrey Trousselot and published in Britain by Picador in September 2019.
Hardcover, 240 pages
English language
Published Nov. 17, 2020 by Hanover Square Press.
The book features 4 stories taking place in a café in Japan. I found the stories to be very well written and inviting to think about life and what things might better be said now than to be kept in ones thoughts. The stories are rather heavy and emotional with a bittersweet ending.
