MetWalkers Book Club: ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ Toshikazu Kawaguchi
When: Wednesday, 9 September @ 19:30
Where: Craft Brew Co. 82 Leather Lane EC1N 7TR
Organiser: John L (Phone 07810 897291)
Details:
The Met Walkers book club is aimed at walkers who enjoy reading, and want to talk about books with other people. Each month we will read and discuss a book, plus join the WhatsApp group to help shape which books are read in the future, please contact me via the above number to be added.
This Month: ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ by Toshikazu Kawaguchi from the dust jacket, ” What would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores this age-old question . . .
In a cosy 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.”
Toshikazu Kawaguchi (in Japanese: 川口 俊 和) 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.
Nearest tube: Chancery Lane (Central Line); Farringdon (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan line; Elizabeth line; and Thameslink national rail)