Greek Lessons is a powerful novel that deals with the true value of language and human connection, by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian.
The story unfolds in a classroom in Seoul, where a young woman watches her Greek language teacher on the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. The teacher is drawn to the silent woman, as day by day he loses his sight.
Soon they discover that a deeper sorrow connects them. She, within months, has lost her mother and legal custody of her nine-year-old son. He experiences the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, forced to live between two cultures and languages.
Greek Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel that awakens the senses, bringing to life the essence of being alive.
Translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon. Noted for being shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024.
Pages: 160, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm
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- Author
- Han Kang
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Language
- English
- Type
- Prose
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 160
- Release Date
- -
- Publication Date
- 2024
- Dimensions
- 12.9x19.6 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780241997062
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- No
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