Han Kang, winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian, is known for her ability to lay bare the lives of complicated women. Her latest novel, Greek Lessons, first released in ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...