Description: This novel tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish, their voices intersecting with startling beauty as they move from darkness to light, from silence to expression. It is a tender love letter to human connection, and a novel to awaken the senses, vividly conjuring what it means to be alive.
Review Quotes: "In Greek Lessons, Kang reaches beyond the usual senses to translate the unspeakable."--Los Angeles Times
"Hypnotic . . . Kang is one of the most unconventional, perceptive and truly innovative writers publishing today."--San Francisco Chronicle "Cerebral and sensuous . . . I was so stirred I had to step away every few chapters only to return a day or two later, as though pulled by a magnet . . . I was left in awe."--The Boston Globe "[Kang] is an astute chronicler of unusual, insubordinate women. . . [Greek Lessons is] for readers drawn to considering language itself as a source of self-revelation . . . a celebration of the ineffable trust to be found in sharing language."--The New York Times "Stirring . . . quietly beautiful."--Time "A woman's extreme protest against the horrors of the human condition . . . touching [and] sympathetic."--The Wall Street Journal "A quiet, lovely meditation on language and disability . . . a story of the quiet violence of grief, the gaps language can and cannot bridge, and the necessity of communication and connection."--Buzzfeed"Evocative and elliptical."--The Washington Post
"Suffused with crackling sensory imagery that emphasizes our ties to the world."--Minneapolis Star Tribune "Sinuous and sublime . . . an extraordinary meditation on language, violence, loss and intimacy. Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she seems to traverse the entirety of human experience."--Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies "A love letter to language, learning, and the hope of connection. It is about the mind and the body, our thoughts and our senses--about what it means to be a person in the world."--Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth "Reading a Han Kang book is a pleasure like no other. Both poetic and deeply philosophical, Greek Lessons is a beautiful, haunting story about the fragility and power of human connection."--Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek and Happiness Falls "Breathtaking . . . Kang is always the most revelatory writer: she widens the sky of feeling. She is simply my favorite living writer to read, and think with, and see the world with."--Max Porter, author of Grief Is The Thing With Feathers "Quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating . . . A stunning exploration of language, memory, and beauty from an internationally renowned writer."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Brilliant, shimmering . . . Once again, Kang demonstrates great visionary power."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "[A] haunting exploration of tentative possibilities and yearned-for connections."--Booklist, starred review