📘 Greek Lessons – Han Kang

Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Literary fiction, psychological fiction
Author: Han Kang

📖 Summary

Greek Lessons follows two vulnerable individuals whose paths cross in a Greek language classroom.

A woman who is gradually losing her ability to speak turns to learning Ancient Greek as a way to reclaim expression and meaning. Her teacher, a man who is slowly losing his eyesight, navigates his own quiet crisis. As their lives intersect, the novel explores how two people communicate through silence, learning, and shared inner wounds.

Key Themes:

• Loss and recovery of language
• Trauma and emotional withdrawal
• Silence as communication
• Human connection in moments of crisis
• Healing through learning, art, and attention

Han Kang’s writing is poetic, spare, and deeply introspective.