eBook, 348 pages
Japanese language
Published Jan. 7, 2015 by サンマーク出版.
とある街の、とある喫茶店の とある座席には不思議な都市伝説があった その席に座ると、望んだとおりの時間に戻れるという
ただし、そこにはめんどくさい…… 非常にめんどくさいルールがあった
1.過去に戻っても、この喫茶店を訪れた事のない者には会う事はできない 2.過去に戻って、どんな努力をしても、現実は変わらない 3.過去に戻れる席には先客がいる その席に座れるのは、その先客が席を立った時だけ 4.過去に戻っても、席を立って移動する事はできない 5.過去に戻れるのは、コーヒーをカップに注いでから、 そのコーヒーが冷めてしまうまでの間だけ
めんどくさいルールはこれだけではない それにもかかわらず、今日も都市伝説の噂を聞いた客がこの喫茶店を訪れる
喫茶店の名は、フニクリフニクラ
あなたなら、これだけのルールを聞かされて それでも過去に戻りたいと思いますか?
この物語は、そんな不思議な喫茶店で起こった、心温まる四つの奇跡
第1話「恋人」結婚を考えていた彼氏と別れた女の話 第2話「夫婦」記憶が消えていく男と看護師の話 第3話「姉妹」家出した姉とよく食べる妹の話 第4話「親子」この喫茶店で働く妊婦の話
あの日に戻れたら、あなたは誰に会いに行きますか?
Un véritable coup de coeur ! J'y ai laissé quelques larmes, j'avoue, mais c'est si beau de voir que l'on peut trouver de petits bonheurs malgré la tristesse des évènements. Ce livre nous invite à remettre en perpective certaines situations, de créer nos propres petits bonheurs, de laisser nos remords et nos regrets derrière nous, mieux, de les accepter pour mieux vivre le présent.
I found the first story a bit slow, it took a bit of time to explain the rules so I wasn’t too sure I’d like it. Everything changed (to me) from the second story onwards.
Sweet, a simply staged play or radio drama, a very constrained time travel premise, seems it could have been edited to be a tighter novella, but the loose threads aren't too frayed.
Oof. I loved this book! It's such an interesting take on time travel and I was gripped! The premise is that in a certain coffee shop in Japan it's possible to travel back in time, but there are rules. Among them; you can only travel back in time to meet someone who has been to the shop before, nothing you do to change the past will change the present, and you must return before the coffee gets cold. I would say it's a deep exploration of how we deal with regrets, and the ways in which small shifts of our own internal perspectives can have profound impacts on how we judge our situation, and the actions we are willing to take to achieve our own happiness. The narrative follows several different characters, each with something in the past that they long for, something that is a huge hindrance to their …
Oof. I loved this book! It's such an interesting take on time travel and I was gripped! The premise is that in a certain coffee shop in Japan it's possible to travel back in time, but there are rules. Among them; you can only travel back in time to meet someone who has been to the shop before, nothing you do to change the past will change the present, and you must return before the coffee gets cold. I would say it's a deep exploration of how we deal with regrets, and the ways in which small shifts of our own internal perspectives can have profound impacts on how we judge our situation, and the actions we are willing to take to achieve our own happiness. The narrative follows several different characters, each with something in the past that they long for, something that is a huge hindrance to their happiness in the present. And each one, even though they change nothing, return from the past and are able to use their experience to pursue and achieve a happiness that had not even conceived of. I feel there's a profound life lesson here, and I cannot recommend it enough. If you only choose one book to read from my list here, choose this one.
