Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 208 pages

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Imprint:Picador

ISBN:9781529050868

Published:17 Sep 2020

Weight:162g

Dimensions:132 x 196 x 18 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

如果能够回到那一天，

你也会为了最重要的人说谎吗？

「回到过去的时间，只到咖啡冷却为止！」

为心爱的人着想，

所说的四个笨拙而温柔的「谎言」。

人生最困难的事，就是不说谎而活下去！

我们总在为对方著想之际，

却也不知不觉地束缚了自己。

某条不知名的小径上，有间传说能回到过去的咖啡店，

当中有个神秘座位，只要坐上那座位，就能回到奇迹般的那一天。

不过，回到过去是有代价的，也有着非常麻烦的规则………

而且无论如何努力，也不能改变现实。

1.就算回到过去，也无法见到不曾来过这家咖啡店的人。

2.回到过去之后无论如何努力，也不能改变现实。

3.神秘的座位有人，必须等到那个人离席时才能去坐。

4.即使回到过去，也不能从座位上离开。

5.回到过去的时间，只从咖啡倒进杯子开始，到咖啡冷却为止。

而且，麻烦的规则还不只这些………

即便这样，有四个男人来到了这不可思议的咖啡店，

为了想见的人而回到过去的他们，

没能说出口的真正愿望是……？

本次的故事接续《在咖啡冷掉之前》的设定，并以「谎言」为中心串起四个故事。相较于第一作，更有种现实难以扭转的惆怅感。

与第一作的重点「把握当下」不同，本作的重点在于强调活着的人该如何改变心态，并放心追求属于自己的幸福，对于一些心理伤害，或许能给予救赎。

企图透过书中四个男人的故事，传达人情与幸福之间的真谛。

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café 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 Toshikazu 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 travelled to see the 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?

作者简介

川口俊和，1971年生于大坂府茨木市。“音速蜗牛剧团”前任剧作家兼表演家。

Toshikazu Kawaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971. He formerly produced, directed and wrote for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include COUPLE, Sunset Song, and Family Time. The novel Before the Coffee Gets Cold is adapted from a 1110 Productions play by Kawaguchi, which won the 10th Suginami Drama Festival grand prize.