Books

The White Book, by Han Kang

'The White Book' Finds Beauty In Loss

by Michael Schaub

Han Kang's new novel isn't quite a novel — it's a gorgeous, hard-to-categorize series of reflections, themed around the color white, on grief, mourning and what it means to remember those we've lost.

Irvine Welsh On 'Dead Men's Trousers'

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Irvine Welsh about his new novel, Dead Men's Trousers. It picks up the adventures of the crew we first met in Welsh's 1993 book, Trainspotting.
Bangkok Wakes to Rain, by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

Stories Converge In A Flooded 'Bangkok'

by Michael Schaub

Pitchaya Sudbanthad's novel follows a broad cast of characters who gradually come together in and around a condominium tower in Bangkok. It's a promising debut that expertly evokes a sense of place.