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    Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan Novel) #Wattys2014
    Espresso Love (A Dystopian Japan No...
    takatsu
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    Complete, First published Jan 19, 2014
    In Tokyo, where the System siphons thought, emotions & memories, a literature student meets a strange psychic girl and they embark on an escape from mindless agents, dream worlds and reality itself, in a soul-searching journey for love, for identity and what it means to be human. But all that remains is a peculiar coffee shop order.
        
        The novel examines the human condition, perception, socio-political systems, capitalism and consumer culture, incorporating paranoiac conspiracy theories, surreal cosmic visions, circular symbolism and shifting parallel worlds, with profound discussions of coffee, art, literature and music.
        
        [Dystopia, Magical Realism, Philosophy, Literary]
        
        #1 Sci-Fi, Spiritual; #Wattys2014 Award Winner; Featured on Wattpad, IndieReader, @DIGonUSA
        
        "Struck me to the very core of my being."
        "Very interesting concept of reality... Thought provoking.."
        "I have been turned to a whole new way of thinking because of you."
        
        "Like a seven course meal full of spice and illumination... One does not listen to a classical piece to get to its ending. No. It is the ride, the moment by moment...a genuine Masamune among stories."
        
        "It was both personable and philosophical. A rare breed of good story and thought provoking ideas... A virtual standing ovation would not be enough to encapsulate the absolute awe I have of you."
        
        "It's not a regular thing to find a piece of work that oozes sophistication and embodies literature and art."
        
        "The world Takatsu has created opens to the deeper awareness of another, the draw of another." - Mary L Tabor, Wattpad author, essayist, professor
        
        "Offers acute, almost painful observations of the minutiae of life, if life took place in a Murakami snow-globe." - IndieReader Insiders
        
        "Vapoury style that seems to hover off world at times...haunting and strange (which is good)...You're on to something different, striking." - B.W. Powe, York University English Professor, award-winning author, poet, philosopher
        
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    Table of contentsLast updated Dec 25, 2016
    • Espresso Love: Foreword and Information
    • Golden Child
    • Golden Child
    • Golden Child
    • Things Are Changing
    • Things Are Changing
    • Things Are Changing
    • Things Are Changing
    • Small Talk
    • Small Talk
    • Small Talk
    • System Is Everything
    • System Is Everything
    • Making Ripples
    • Making Ripples
    • Making Ripples
    • Making Ripples
    • Pilgrimage
    • Pilgrimage
    • Pilgrimage
    • Cosmo Clock 21
    • Cosmo Clock 21
    • Cosmo Clock 21
    • The Pinnacle
    • The Pinnacle
    • The Pinnacle
    • PART TWO
    • Consequentially
    • Consequentially
    • Consequentially
    • Intellectual Property
    • Intellectual Property
    • Knocking on Doors
    • Knocking on Doors
    • Knocking on Doors
    • Rendezvous
    • Rendezvous
    • Rendezvous
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Gateway
    • Gateway
    • Gateway
    • PART THREE
    • In Between
    • In Between
    • In Between
    • In Between
    • White Snow
    • White Snow
    • White Snow
    • White Snow
    • The Beginning
    • The Beginning
    • The Lost, The Found
    • The Lost, The Found
    • A Bridge
    • A Bridge
    • A Bridge
    • Hole in the Ground
    • Hole in the Ground
    • Hole in the Ground
    • Staccato
    • Staccato
    • Field of Flowers
    • Solitude
    • Solitude
    • Double Entendre
    • Double Entendre
    • Double Entendre
    • Turnaround
    • Tearing the Veil
    • PART FOUR: Giveaway
    • Black Box
    • Black Box
    • Reunion
    • A Woman Without A Uterus
    • Room 6
    • Old Man and the House
    • Old Man and the House
    • It's Black and White Again
    • Transcript
    • While It Is Open
    • PART FIVE
    • The Start of All Things
    • The Start of All Things
    • Nice To Meet You
    • A Few Words in Retrospect
    • Postscript: Author's Note
    • Postscript: Reader Insight
    • Postscript: FAQ
    • Postscript: The Next Steps
    • Postscript: Links
    • Read On: Other Works
    • Publications!
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    • Espresso Love: Foreword and Information
    • Golden Child
    • Golden Child
    • Golden Child
    • Things Are Changing
    • Things Are Changing
    • Things Are Changing
    • Things Are Changing
    • Small Talk
    • Small Talk
    • Small Talk
    • System Is Everything
    • System Is Everything
    • Making Ripples
    • Making Ripples
    • Making Ripples
    • Making Ripples
    • Pilgrimage
    • Pilgrimage
    • Pilgrimage
    • Cosmo Clock 21
    • Cosmo Clock 21
    • Cosmo Clock 21
    • The Pinnacle
    • The Pinnacle
    • The Pinnacle
    • PART TWO
    • Consequentially
    • Consequentially
    • Consequentially
    • Intellectual Property
    • Intellectual Property
    • Knocking on Doors
    • Knocking on Doors
    • Knocking on Doors
    • Rendezvous
    • Rendezvous
    • Rendezvous
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Rabbit Hole
    • Gateway
    • Gateway
    • Gateway
    • PART THREE
    • In Between
    • In Between
    • In Between
    • In Between
    • White Snow
    • White Snow
    • White Snow
    • White Snow
    • The Beginning
    • The Beginning
    • The Lost, The Found
    • The Lost, The Found
    • A Bridge
    • A Bridge
    • A Bridge
    • Hole in the Ground
    • Hole in the Ground
    • Hole in the Ground
    • Staccato
    • Staccato
    • Field of Flowers
    • Solitude
    • Solitude
    • Double Entendre
    • Double Entendre
    • Double Entendre
    • Turnaround
    • Tearing the Veil
    • PART FOUR: Giveaway
    • Black Box
    • Black Box
    • Reunion
    • A Woman Without A Uterus
    • Room 6
    • Old Man and the House
    • Old Man and the House
    • It's Black and White Again
    • Transcript
    • While It Is Open
    • PART FIVE
    • The Start of All Things
    • The Start of All Things
    • Nice To Meet You
    • A Few Words in Retrospect
    • Postscript: Author's Note
    • Postscript: Reader Insight
    • Postscript: FAQ
    • Postscript: The Next Steps
    • Postscript: Links
    • Read On: Other Works
    • Publications!
    • Updates, Editing, Collaboration?
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