EAN: 9780241997062

GREEK LESSONS - HAN KANG KARTONIERT (TB)

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 PorterIn 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 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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