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

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ISBN	9780241600276 (hardback)
Name	Han, Kang, 1970- author.
Uniform title	Hŭirabŏ sigan. English
Title	Greek lessons / Han Kang ; translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.
Published	[London] : Hamish Hamilton, 2023.
Published	©2023
Description	147 pages ; 23 cm
Notes	Originally published in Korean as 'Hŭirabŏ sigan' by Munhakdongne, 2011.
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. Greek Lessons is the story of the unlikely bond between this pair and a tender love letter to human intimacy and connection-a novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive.
Language note	Translated from the Korean.
Subjects	Divorced women -- Fiction
	Language teachers -- Fiction
	Mute persons -- Fiction
	People with visual disabilities -- Fiction
	Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
	Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction
	Seoul (Korea) -- Fiction
Genre	Poetry
Other Names	Smith, Deborah, 1987- translator.
Other Names	Yae Won, Emily translator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Divorced women -- Fiction . Language teachers -- Fiction . Man-woman relationships -- Fiction . Mute persons -- Fiction . People with visual disabilities -- Fiction . Poetry . Seoul (Korea) -- Fiction . Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction . See Also: Australian poetry . Children's poetry . Humorous poetry . Hymns . Limericks . Literature . Love poetry . Nursery rhymes . Parodies . War poetry . Authors: Han, Kang, 1970- . Smith, Deborah, 1987- . Yae Won, Emily .

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