LAist

'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Greek Lessons will feel like a ...
The New York Times

Book Review: ‘Greek Lessons,’ by Han Kang

In “Greek Lessons,” Han Kang’s latest novel to be translated into English, a young Korean mother is suddenly unable to speak. By Idra Novey When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...
The Big Issue

Greek Lessons by Han Kang review: A luminous reflection on the difficulties of language

Greek Lessons, by Han Kang – whose novel, The Vegetarian, won the International Booker in 2016 – is a luminous and aching meditation on the difficulties of language: how it speaks to mortality, ...
The Bookseller

Greek Lessons

Reeling from losing both custody of her son and her ability to speak, a woman begins to attend lessons in Ancient Greek. The teacher is processing the loss of his eyesight and connection to his family ...
The Atlantic

A Novel in Which Language Hits Its Limit—And Keeps On Going

What does it mean to speak without the hope of a response? To address someone who cannot or will not hear you, who cannot or will not reply? The first three full-length novels by the South Korean ...
WFAE

'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people

Few literary books this year are as highly anticipated as Greek Lessons, the latest novel by Han Kang to be translated into English. After Kang's Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian and the ...