{"product_id":"greek-lessons","title":"Greek Lessons","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780525434153 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"389\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_header\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_social\"\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"atm_share-label\"\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Han Kang and Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS’ CHOICE • A dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“visionary”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) author of the International Booker Prize winner\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Both a disquieting journey about the loss of sense and a return to the sensorium of touch and intimacy,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreek Lessons\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003esoars with sensuous and revelatory insight.”—Cathy Park Hong, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMinor Feelings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Yorker, Time,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003csmall data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoon the two discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between Korea and Germany, being torn between two cultures and languages, and the fear of losing his independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreek Lessons\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguish—the fading light of a man losing his vision meeting the silence of a woman who has lost her language. Yet these are the very things that draw them to each other. Slowly the two discover a profound sense of unity—their voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreek Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is the story of the unlikely bond between this pair and a tender love letter to human intimacy and connection—a novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mlcl_2col-hero-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"cmpnt_lightbox\" aria-label=\"Overlay with full book description\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44340777844992,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0084\/8081\/7207\/files\/IMG_3586.jpg?v=1707421196","url":"https:\/\/www.secretplanet.ca\/products\/greek-lessons","provider":"Secret Planet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}