Book Review - Greek Lessons by Han Kang
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Greek Lessons is a book for the literati. Those who are familiar with Han Kang expect that. But Greek Lessons is more esoteric than say The Vegetarian . On the onset of the novel, we're introduced to a woman who has lost her ability to speak. As her muteness silences her world, she enters a class studying Greek. The professor, who finds the young woman magnetizing, is seeing his world disappear as his vision is deteriorating. The story then interweaves these two stories of lost senses together; eventually, their two worlds become interconnected and eventually collide. The framework here seems obvious, but Kang's craft is unparallel. The text weaves the two narratives together fairly seamlessly, but eventually, the text becomes sparse, optioning for poetry over proseoOr foregoing traditional prose and spacing single sentences out over pages. At other times, the silence bounces through the text in staccato fashion. These moments are a highlight as the text feels rich. Discussio