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

Description: Greek Lessons by Han Kang, Deborah Smith, e. yaewon A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The VegetarianIn 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 together. 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, its the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages.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 one another. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity - their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to expression.Greek Lessons is a tender love letter to human intimacy and 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. In 1993 she made her literary debut as a poet and was first published as novelist in 1994. Han Kang won the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian and was shortlisted for The White Book, alongside her translator, Deborah Smith. Han has also won the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Todays Young Artist Award and the Manhae Literary Prize. She taught in the department of creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts for eleven years before leaving in 2018 to focus on writing. Review By turns love letter to and critique of language itself, Greek Lessons is a brief yet, in its concision and finesse, lapidary work . . . one of Hans most intimate works * Financial Times *In Greek Lessons Kang reaches beyond the usual senses to translate the unspeakable . . . Han Kang turns the well-worn idea of the mind-body disconnect into something fresh and substantial * Los Angeles Times *This novel is a celebration of the ineffable trust to be found in sharing language . . . [Han] is an astute chronicler of unusual, insubordinate women * The New York Times *Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she seems to traverse the entirety of human experience -- Katie KitamuraHan Kangs vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates * Independent *An elliptical, enigmatic book . . . Hans style creates mystery * The Economist *Han Kangs hypnotic Greek Lessons probes the limits of language * The Straits Times *Han Kang is what most writers spend their lives trying to be: a fearless, unsentimental teller of human truths . . . Han Kang is a genius -- Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious HeresiesAnother stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating * Kirkus * Details ISBN0241997062 Author e. yaewon Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2024 Translator e. yaewon ISBN-13 9780241997062 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-02-01 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Subtitle From the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Korean UK Release Date 2024-02-01 Language English ISBN-10 0241997062 DEWEY 895.735 Audience General NZ Release Date 2024-05-06 AU Release Date 2024-05-06 Pages 160 Alternative 9780241997079 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158010969;

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