a novel Han, Kang 1970- creator author. Smith, Deborah 1987- translator. Yae Won, Emily translator. text Novels. enk 2023 First U.S. edition. monographic eng kor

print

175 pages ; 22 cm "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"-- Han Kang ; translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. PL992.26.K36 H8513 2023 895.735 KAN/G Han, Kang, 1970- London ; New York : Hogarth, [2023] First edition (DLC) 2022055696 9780241600276 9780593595275 2022055695 DLC 221130 20231006153224.0 22883962 eng