Greek Lessons: From the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian

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Filgate, Michele (2023-04-17). "Why 'The Vegetarian' author Han Kang's newly translated novel is her gutsiest yet". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2023-04-24. Here, the silent woman’s story is complemented by that of her teacher, who is gradually going blind and has returned to Seoul after a long period of living in Germany. Episodes from his past introduce a number of other characters whose stories remain only tangential, partially glimpsed, and which suggest estrangements, early deaths, physical and emotional displacement. But the teacher contrasts powerfully with his silent counterpart; as he loses his footing in the world – at one point, literally tumbling down a stairwell – he clings to and cherishes each moment of vision that remains to him, even as he begins to develop the resilience to accept its imminent departure. Filgate, Michele (2023-04-17). "Why 'The Vegetarian' author Han Kang's newly translated novel is her gutsiest yet". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2023-06-23. Alter, Alexandra (17 May 2016), "Han Kang Wins Man Booker International Prize for Fiction With 'The Vegetarian' ", The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 May 2016 , retrieved 17 May 2016 a b c "Sunday meeting with Han Kang (한강) author of The Vegetarian (채식주의자), Korean Modern Literature in Translation, 11 June 2013". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013 . Retrieved 11 June 2013.

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Strang, Em (2023-04-11). "Greek Lessons by Han Kang review – loss forges an intimate connection". The Guardian . Retrieved 2023-04-24. CORONA, MARCO DEL. "Premio Malaparte ad Han Kang". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2017-09-15.McAloon, Jonathan (2016-01-05). "Human Acts by Han Kang, review: 'an emotional triumph' ". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 2023-06-23. O’Keeffe, Alice (2023-04-15). "Greek Lessons by Han Kang review — a blind man, a mute woman and a dull novel". The Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15 . Retrieved 2023-04-22. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the “visionary” ( New York Times Book Review ) author of the International Booker Prize winner The Vegetarian Han Kang's 2017 autobiographical novel The White Book centers on the loss of her older sister, a baby who died two hours after her birth. [7] In 2018 Kang became the fifth writer chosen to contribute to the Future Library project. Greek Lessons is a 2011 novel by South Korean author Han Kang. Published in South Korea on November 10, 2011, the book was received an English-language release on April 18, 2023 by Hogarth Press. The novel was translated into English by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.

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Greek Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel to awaken the senses, vividly conjuring the essence of what it means to be alive. Soon they discover a deeper pain binds them. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages. At first, it seems impossible that these two characters, enclosed in their own dwindling worlds, might be able to reach each other. Yet, slowly, they begin to articulate themselves, using a basic grammar of glances, gestures, respectful proximity. Ultimately, when the man breaks his glasses and is rendered sightless, they discover a way to communicate through touch—the tracing of letters with fingertip on palm—that could be read as a gently affirming, even triumphant, reclamation of language. The fractured dialogue created by the book’s alternating sections is finally made whole.Eyes that Pierce into the Hinterland of Life Novelist Han Kang". Korean Literature Now (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-09-22 . Retrieved 2018-07-25. A young, recently mute woman begins taking a class in Ancient Greek language in an effort to reclaim language in some way. Her teacher, who is slowing going blind, draws closer to her over the course of their classes. As they become more intimately connected, they explore their inner pains and tensions together. Both a disquieting journey about the loss of sense and a return to the sensorium of touch and intimacy, Greek Lessons soars with sensuous and revelatory insight.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings Greek Lessons tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish—the fading light of a man losing his vision meeting the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to each other. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, asthey move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression. Greek Lessons (Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Penguin Random House, 2023) ISBN 978-0593595275 [26] [27] [28] [29]