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Before We Say Goodbye is a novel by Japanese author Toshikazu Kawaguchi. It is the fourth book in his internationally bestselling “Before the Coffee Gets Cold” series. Like the other books in the series, it is a work of magical realism centered around a mysterious cafe in Tokyo called Funiculi Funicula.
Plot summary
The cafe,
Funiculi Funicula
, has a unique offering: a magical chair that allows a person to travel back in time. However, the journey comes with strict rules:
They must sit in the chair only when the ghostly woman who usually occupies it goes to the restroom.
They cannot leave the chair while in the past.
Most importantly, they must return to the present before their coffee gets cold, and their actions in the past cannot change the present.
Before We Say Goodbye introduces a new set of visitors, each with their own story of regret and a desire to revisit one crucial moment in their lives. The stories include:
The husband with something important left to say: He wants to tell his comatose wife he was happy with her, despite his focus on his career.
The woman who couldn’t bid her dog farewell: Consumed by guilt, she wants to say a proper goodbye to her beloved dog.
The woman who couldn’t answer a proposal: A young woman regrets rejecting a marriage proposal and wants to know the truth behind her ex-boyfriend’s subsequent disappearance.
The daughter who drove her father away: A daughter who had a falling out with her father just before he died in the 2011 earthquake wants to apologize.
Key themes
The novel explores themes of love, loss, and the bittersweet nature of life. Since the travelers cannot change the past, their journeys become about emotional healing and finding closure, not altering events. Through these emotional voyages, Kawaguchi explores what it means to truly say goodbye and cherish the connections we have
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