Greek lessons : a novel / Han Kang ; translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Han, Kang, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Smith, Deborah, 1987- translator.

Yae Won, Emily, translator.

Standardized Title:

Hŭirabŏ sigan. English

Language:

English

Korean

Subjects (All):

Divorced women--Fiction.

Divorced women.

Language teachers--Fiction.

Language teachers.

Mute persons--Fiction.

Mute persons.

People with visual disabilities--Fiction.

People with visual disabilities.

Korean fiction--Translations into English.

Korean fiction.

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

175 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Hogarth, [2023]

Summary:

"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 the two 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, it's the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages, and the fear of losing his independence. 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 each other. 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 breath and expression"-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version:

Han, Kang, 1970- Greek lessons.

Online version: Han, Kang, 1970- Greek lessons.

ISBN:

9780593595275

0593595270

OCLC:

1369032494