Greek Lessons: Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature

Some beautiful writing in this book, but character development, plot and pace were a struggle. Pleased I read it but wouldn’t be hurrying to read another Han King

The kind of prose you want to drink up bit by bit.

Whilst I found this book a somewhat difficult read, I loved it and all the characters in it. It's such a small book, but it feels like it's much bigger. It's left a profound mark on me. Beautifully written and imagined. Like nothing I've ever read.

There are moving and beautiful passages, but I found it hard going. It's often hard to work out whose voice or thoughts a passage is representing and who in their past life they are thinking of. Very disjointed. I won't rush to read another by this author.

A strange little book this that will no doubt find some who love it .I personally found it hard going and wandered that since so much of the concept is language based how much it lost in translation .The novel is translated from the original Korean and is set in a Korean language school where the adult pupils are learning Ancient Greek .Knowing nothing of either language myself there were sections that I didn’t understand .Both languages use different writing and there was a few sections when the way the language was written on the page was significant Having said that the majority of the book does work and there are some very moving sections .The apology after she writes the poem in Ancient Greek is so moving it had me in tears the book does have a Sad melancholic feel to it The comparison between Loosing language by emigrating and loosing the ability to speak whilst still understanding and hearing was interesting I read a copy of the book on NetGalley uk the book is published in the uk 27th April 2023 by Penguin General uk This review will be published on Goodreads ,NetGalley uk and my book blog BionicSarahsbooks.Wordpress.Com

Beautiful. Some passages were breathtaking, and fragments came together movingly. Memories and silence. Yearning. Human frailty. Loss. Pain. Affection. A very evocative and wonderful discovery.

Contact makes life vibrant - for good or ill. This is a very peaceful book - full of tiny vibrations - ephemeral and physical - transient and permanent - of light and sound.

Following two people - one who has lost the ability to speak and one who has lost the ability to see.=, Kang takes us on a disorientating and emotive journey. The continued switching of tense as we switch between POVs mirrors the feeling one might have living without one of the 5 senses and provides a solid foundation to bring the reader into the mindset of these two characters. We follow their lives and flashbacks leading up to a turning moment where the senses collide and harmonise. Rejecting a narrative style, this book feels less like a tale and more like a whirlwind dancing behind the character's lives.

Llegó a tiempo. Se corresponde con lo pedido

Al empezar a leer a Han Kang venía la duda de qué tanto podría entenderse su pensamiento y sentimiento coreanos en otro idioma. ¡Y más aún en un texto políglota en el que el griego va más allá del mero título! Pues esta edición cumple todos los retos a la perfección.

Sehr gutes Buch. Wer die Autorin mag, liest dss Buch in einem Stück. Mehr davon. Top

Incredible, unique storytelling. Simply, this is a masterpiece.

芸術性は高いけど、面白いかと言われると…う～ん・・・ 星は本当は3.5くらい。一応菜食主義者も買ってあるんで、その本を読むまで作者の力量は保留します。