“An important, ambitious, and accomplished novel.”
— Mohsin Hamid on Bangkok Wakes to Rain
New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
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
September 27, 2022
Brooklyn Book Festival
Center for Fiction
“Environmental Storytelling” with Kerri Arsenault, Bathsheba Demuth, Leigh Newman, Morgan Talty
6pm EST
October 25, 2022
New York, NY
Words Without Borders Gala
Literary Host with other writers and translators
6pm EST
February 12, 2023
Radio/online
BBC The Cultural Frontline: Fiction and our Climate Emergency
Discussion with Peter May, Bijal Vachharajani, and host Tina Daheley
0am GMT
February 22, 2024
Bangkok
Chulalongkorn University: World Literature and Creative Writing
Panel discussion
1pm ICT
May 2, 2024
Umbertide, Italy
Civitella Ranieri
Fellows’ Brief Presentations
6pm CEST
May 23, 2024
Umbertide, Italy
Civitella Ranieri
Fellows’ Individual Presentations
w/ Zoya Laktionova
6pm CEST
June 11-17, 2024
Ripton, VT
Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference at Middlebury College
Workshop and faculty lecture/reading
November 9-10, 2024
Civic District, Singapore
Singapore Writers Festival
Panel discussions
“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
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