A married couple, Kei and Nagare, are the current owners, while Nagare’s cousin, Kazu, a university student, helps out when she’s not in school. Beyond a few minor renovations, little has changed beyond the requisite addition of electricity. Welcome to Funiculi Funicula, a small café in a narrow back alley in Tokyo, established in 1874. This month, the English edition translated by Australian Geoffrey Trousselot finally arrives stateside, ready to charm American audiences. Its popularity inspired Kawaguchi to adapt the play into his first novel in 2015, producing a quirky, sigh-inducingly satisfying read that became an international bestseller. Originally debuting onstage in Japan, Before the Coffee Gets Cold won praise and awards for its playwright, Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Time travel and café culture yields a lovely, wise brew in a translation of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s popular play-turned-novel. A chance to redo the past in Before the Coffee Gets Cold
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