BEFORE YOUR MEMORY FADES

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 Café Funiculi Funicula's time-traveling offer. Along with some familiar faces from Kawaguchi's previous novels, readers will also be introduced to a daughter, a comedian, a sister and a lover, each with something they wish they had said differently. With his signature heartwarming characters and immersive storytelling, Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?

"Endearing." ~ New York Times Book Review

"Heartwarming, quirky, and wistful." ~ Huffpost

"The narrative is deeply moving." ~ Chicago Review of Books

"Kawaguchi…has a surprising, unerring ability to find lasting emotional resonance. Interwoven into what initially feels like a whimsical escape are existential conundrums of love and loss, family and freedom, life and death." ~ Christian Science Monitor

"This charmingly magical novel is about discovering happiness despite the pasts that we desperately want to revisit." —The Harvard Crimson

Toshikazu Kawaguchi has produced, directed and written for the theatrical group Sonic Snail. As a playwright, his works include Couple, Sunset Song and family time. His play Before the Coffee Gets Cold won the grand prize at the Suginami Drama Festival. This is his debut as an author.