Greek Lessons: From the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian

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At first, it seems impossible that these two characters, enclosed in their own dwindling worlds, might be able to reach each other. Yet, slowly, they begin to articulate themselves, using a basic grammar of glances, gestures, respectful proximity. Ultimately, when the man breaks his glasses and is rendered sightless, they discover a way to communicate through touch—the tracing of letters with fingertip on palm—that could be read as a gently affirming, even triumphant, reclamation of language. The fractured dialogue created by the book’s alternating sections is finally made whole.

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Han's debut work, A Love of Yeosu, was published in 1995 and attracted attention for its precise and tightly narrated composition. [8] Han wrote The Vegetarian, and its sister-work, Mongolian Mark by hand, as overuse of the computer keyboard had damaged her wrist. [9] It has been reported that in her college years Han became obsessed with a line of poetry by the Korean modernist poet Yi Sang: "I believe that humans should be plants." [5] She understood Yi's line to imply a defensive stance against the violence of Korea's colonial history under Japanese occupation, and took it as an inspiration to write her most successful work, The Vegetarian. The Vegetarian was Han's first novel translated into English, although she had already attracted worldwide attention by the time Deborah Smith translated the novel into English. [10] There has been some controversy over the translation of the novel, as scholars have detected mistakes in it; among other issues, there is concern that Smith may have attributed some of the dialogue to the wrong characters. [11] The translated work won the Man Booker International Prize 2016 for them both. She is the first Korean to be nominated for the award. The work was also chosen as one of "The 10 Best Books of 2016" from NYTimes Book Review. [12]Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night." Han Kang's vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates' Independent Both a disquieting journey about the loss of sense and a return to the sensorium of touch and intimacy, Greek Lessons soars with sensuous and revelatory insight.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings

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Interview with Han Kang - The White Review". www.thewhitereview.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27 . Retrieved 2018-11-27.

Greek Lessons (Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Penguin Random House, 2023) ISBN 978-0593595275 [26] [27] [28] [29]

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Montgomery, Charles (15 November 2015). "Review of Han Kang's (한강) "The Vegetarian" ". www.ktlit.com. KTLit. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016 . Retrieved 7 April 2016. Han revealed in an interview at the Seoul ABC book club (7 November 7, 2015) that she wrote this work in longhand, because too much keyboarding had injured her wrist. McAloon, Jonathan (5 January 2016). "Human Acts by Han Kang, review: 'an emotional triumph' ". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016 . Retrieved 7 April 2016. HAN Kang | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03 . Retrieved 2019-03-08. Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to read, and think with, and see the world with' Max PorterGreek 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, asthey move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression. In 2023, she published her fourth full-length novel, Greek Lessons. The Atlantic called it a book in which "words are both insufficient and too powerful to tame." [22] Awards [ edit ] Alter, Alexandra (17 May 2016), "Han Kang Wins Man Booker International Prize for Fiction With 'The Vegetarian' ", The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 May 2016 , retrieved 17 May 2016 Cheuk, Leland (April 20, 2023). " 'Greek Lessons' is an intimate, vulnerable portrayal of two lonely people". NPR.

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Han is also a musician and interested in visual art, and her work often reflects this multi-disciplinary focus. [6] " Your Cold Hand (2002)" revolves around the story of a sculptor and his model. When she published an essay book Quietly Sung Songs (2007), she released a CD with ten songs that she composed, wrote lyrics for and recorded. [15] At first she was not intending to sing, but Han Jung Rim, a musician and music director, insisted Han should record the songs herself. [16] 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.

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Filgate, Michele (2023-04-17). "Why 'The Vegetarian' author Han Kang's newly translated novel is her gutsiest yet". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2023-06-23. The Vegetarian: A Novel (Translated by Deborah Smith. Portobello Books, 2015) ISBN 978-1-846275-62-3 [23] Eyes that Pierce into the Hinterland of Life Novelist Han Kang". Korean Literature Now (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2019-09-22 . Retrieved 2018-07-25.