“An important, ambitious, and accomplished novel.”
— Mohsin Hamid on Bangkok Wakes to Rain
New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction
Kirkus Reviews Best Books
Lurching through decades, from Bangkok’s rich past to its precarious future, the human tales in this novel seep into one another, held together by delicate threads. Read more…
Available wherever book are sold
US: Penguin Random House — Riverhead Books
Apple Book / Barnes & Noble / Books-A-Million / Bookshop / Indiebound / Powell’s / PRH
English-language audiobook (via a local bookstore): Libro.fm
UK: Hachette — Sceptre
Hodder / Waterstones / WH Smiths
Translations:
France: Editions Rivages (translator: Bernard Turle)
Italy: Fazi Editore (translator: Silvia Castoldi)
Events
October 29 – November 1, 2021
Nantes. France
Utopiales Festival
La Cité Nantes Congress Centre
Time: Various
November 6, 2021
Paris, France
Librairie le Phenix
Time: 5pm
November 13, 2021
Singapore (virtual)
Singapore Writers Festival
“Concrete Jungle” panel with Rina Garcia Chua, Esther Vincent Xueming, Olivia Choong
Time: 10am
March 23-26, 2022
Philadelphia, PA
AWP Conference
“Migrants Through Time” panel with Julia Fine, Marc Fitten, Tim Horvath, Rebecca Makkai
Time: 145pm
April 21, 2022
Hartford, CT
Trinity College A.K. Smith Scholar Series
“Earth Stories: Writing Climate Change” panel with Chantal Bilodeau, Amy Brady, Martin Espada; workshop: “The Narrative Shape of Things to Come”
Time: 430pm
May 9, 2022
Brooklyn, NY
BBC World Book Café
w/ Elaine Hsieh Chou, Crystal Hannah Kim, Jen Lue, Matt Ortile, and presenter Michelle Fleury
Time: 700pm
June 14, 2022
Video appearance
Orion Magazine 40th Anniversary Celebration
Time: 6pm
June 13-19, 2022
Ripton, VT
Faculty member (fiction)
Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference at Middleburry College
“This teeming debut novel…recreates the experience of living in Thailand’s aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles.”
—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
“Fluid in its structure and aqueous in its themes, the novel vividly evokes the teeming, sweltering city…”
—The New Yorker
“Ambitious and sweeping, yet at once intimately crafted and shot through with fine detail, Bangkok Wakes to Rain is a sumptuous accomplishment.”
—Angela Ledgerwood, Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire