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

Surreal

Bewertung am 16.02.2024
Bewertungsnummer: 2132493
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)

As I loved The Vegetarian and Human Acts by Han Kang I expected nothing less from this novel. The two protagonists were realistically portrayed and in a weird way loveable. Two traumatized adults finding each other. The loss of senses is a main theme of the novel and how someone nearly blind and someone mute interact with and understand each other on a very emotional level, was beautiful to read. Truly recommend this novel!

Told in Beautiful Prose

Rina aus Mannheim am 21.08.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2573475
Bewertet: eBook (ePUB)

In a classroom in Seoul, two nameless protagonists meet. She, unable to speak, shapes words silently with her lips. He, caught between Korea and Germany, between his own culture and a foreign one - struggles as his eyesight slowly fades. During their Greek lessons, something delicate begins to grow between them. Told in shifting perspectives, their thoughts and emotions overlap: reflections on loss, past love, and the struggle to exist in a world where vital senses are missing from birth or slip away over time. With quiet, poetic language, Han Kang draws us into the inner lives of these two characters and the fragile love that slowly takes shape. This is such a beautiful, short novel, full of introspection, tender and deeply moving. I also really enjoyed the audiobook, the narration was wonderful.