EAN: 9780241600276

GREEK LESSONS - HAN KANG GEBUNDEN

Book of the Year 2023 according to New Yorker  TIME magazine  Kirkus A powerful novel of the
saving grace of language and human connection  from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.
'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to read  and think with  and see
the world with' Max Porter __________________ In a classroom in Seoul  a young woman watches
her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her
teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman  for day by day he is losing his sight. 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. 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. Translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon.
__________________ 'Another stunning gem: quiet  sharply faceted  and devastating' Kirkus 'Han
Kang's vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary
palates' Independent 'Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines  she seems to traverse
the entirety of human experience' Katie Kitamura

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