Quirky Japanese bookshops, gothic classics and uncanny Norwegian tales

Rewriting Daphne Du Maurier's arch-villain Mrs Danvers from her classic novel Rebecca, Karl Ove Knausgård on 'lonely men in empty towns at night', and a magical Japanese bookshop that just might save you. New fiction discussed, assessed, and recommended.

REVIEWERS

Tom Wright, theatre adaptor and dramaturg from Sydney's Belvoir Theatre;

Hannah Kent, novelist and screenwriter; one of the judges for the Stella Prize

BOOKS

Sawako Natori, The Friday Bookshop (translated from the Japanese by Yui Kajita), Picador

Rose Tremain, The Housekeeper, Chatto & Windus

Karl Ove Knausgård, Arendal (translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken), Harvill

Other books mentioned in the program:

M John Harrison, The End of Everything

China Miéville , The Rouse

Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Said the Dead