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Greek Lessons
language: english
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PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, February of 2024 ‧
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SYNOPSIS
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 Nobel Prize-winning 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.
Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024
'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
A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the Nobel Prize-winning 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.
Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024
'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
REVIEWS
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 Han's 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 Kitamura
Han Kang's vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates
Independent
An elliptical, enigmatic book . . . Han's style creates mystery
The Economist
Han Kang's 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 Heresies
Another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating
Kirkus
DETAILS
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780241997062 |
| Publisher: | PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Release Date: | February of 2024 |
| Language: | English |
| Dimensions: | 127 x 199 x 9 mm |
| Cover: | Softcover |
| Pages: | 160 |
| Format: | Book |
| Categories: |
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Romance
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| EAN: | 9780241997062 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Han Kang
Prémio Nobel da Literatura 2024
Han Kang nasceu em Gwangju, na Coreia do Sul. Em 1994 começou a sua carreira de escritora vencendo o primeiro lugar de um concurso literário em Seul. A Vegetariana (2016), o seu primeiro romance publicado pela Dom Quixote, ganhou o Man Booker International Prize em 2016. Atos Humanos (2017) venceu o Prémio Manhae na Coreia do Sul e o Prémio Malaparte em Itália. A obra seguinte, O Livro Branco (2019), foi finalista do Man Booker International Prize 2018. Publicou ainda Lições de Grego (2023) e, em 2025, Despedidas Impossíveis, que venceu na edição francesa o Prémio Médicis 2023, na categoria de romance estrangeiro.
Han Kang recebeu igualmente os prémios literários Yi Sang, Jovens Criadores, Melhor Romance da Coreia, Hwang Sun-won e Dongri. E, «pela sua intensa prosa poética que confronta traumas históricos e expõe a fragilidade da vida humana», foi galardoada com o Prémio Nobel de Literatura em 2024.
Foi professora no Departamento de Escrita Criativa do Instituto das Artes de Seul e dedica-se atualmente apenas à escrita. Está publicada em mais de trinta línguas. Mora em Seul.
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