Greek Lessons

The language is unique bearing the stamp of distinctive Han Kang style.

The book that arrived was brand new as it should be. It is a slim volume. It is about disability. Yet to read.

This is the third book by Han Kang that I have read, following The Vegetarian and Human Acts. Greek Lessons is about a woman who loses her language and speech, and her Greek teacher, who has a genetic condition causing progressive blindness. Some parts of the writing were a bit hard for me to comprehend; however, in many instances, I was overjoyed by the sheer sensory experience of the novel. It's no surprise that Han Kang writes with poetic beauty, as seen in these words: 'If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence.' The woman who lost her language felt that the reasons for losing it were not simple. I believe rejecting language was her mind's way of protesting against the weapon (words) that wounded her. Han Kang writes with such sincerity and brevity that makes this novel a compelling read.

Mediocrity at its best. Saved by the efforts of the Translator. Mundane to the core.

The most abstract meaningless novel