Greek Lessons cover art

Greek Lessons

Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

 Preview
Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Greek Lessons

Written by: Han Kang, Deborah Smith - translator, e. yaewon - translator
Narrated by: Greta Jung, Earl T. Kim
Free with 30-day trial

₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹546.23

Buy Now for ₹546.23

Brought to you by Penguin.

The unforgettable novel from Booker International Prize winner Han Kang, author of The Vegetarian.

In this compelling and beautifully-patterned novel, Han Kang tells the interwoven stories of a Greek instructor who is losing his sight and a woman who refuses to speak. Uniquely involving, and thoughtful, it explores the depths and limits of human connection.

A remarkable and timeless writer, Han Kang's words and stories go to the heart of what it means to be human - to be a species capable of both utmost violence and utmost love. With enormous tact, clarity and tenderness she examines the lives of the overlooked and the little seen, affording them a grace and dignity which makes them unforgettable.

'Han Kang is what most writers spend their lives trying to be: a fearless, unsentimental teller of human truths' Lisa McInerney

'Han Kang's vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates' Independent

©2023 Han Kang (P)2023 Penguin Audio

 Contemporary Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction World Literature
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c

Critic Reviews

By turns love letter to and critique of language itself, Greek Lessons is a brief yet, in its concision and finesse, lapidary work . . . one of Han's most intimate works
In Greek Lessons Kang reaches beyond the usual senses to translate the unspeakable . . . Han Kang turns the well-worn idea of the mind-body disconnect into something fresh and substantial
This novel is a celebration of the ineffable trust to be found in sharing language . . . [Han] is an astute chronicler of unusual, insubordinate women
Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she seems to traverse the entirety of human experience (Katie Kitamura)
Han Kang's vivid and at times violent storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates
An elliptical, enigmatic book . . . Han's style creates mystery
Han Kang's hypnotic Greek Lessons probes the limits of language
Han Kang is what most writers spend their lives trying to be: a fearless, unsentimental teller of human truths . . . Han Kang is a genius (Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies)
Another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating
All stars
Most relevant
Written from the perspective of both the main characters, this book captures their griefs, losses, inner lives. And coming to terms with it all. What’s amazing is that the perspectives are not all in first person. We see the woman’s perspective told to us in third person as if she’s just an observer even to her inner life. Beautifully written,

Terrifically good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
author has a profound understanding of human feelings and interactions. superlative use of language.
marvelously read.

her human understanding

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
nothing in the world of this book was going to be something to dislike ever in the history of time.

The language

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.