"In
Greek Lessons, Kang reaches beyond the usual senses to translate the unspeakable."
--Los Angeles Times "Hypnotic . . . Kang is one of the most unconventional, perceptive and truly innovative writers publishing today."
--San Francisco Chronicle "Cerebral and sensuous . . . I was so stirred I had to step away every few chapters only to return a day or two later, as though pulled by a magnet . . . I was left in awe."
--The Boston Globe "[Kang] is an astute chronicler of unusual, insubordinate women. . . [
Greek Lessons is] for readers drawn to considering language itself as a source of self-revelation . . . a celebration of the ineffable trust to be found in sharing language."
--The New York Times "Stirring . . . quietly beautiful."
--Time "A woman's extreme protest against the horrors of the human condition . . . touching [and] sympathetic."
--The Wall Street Journal "A quiet, lovely meditation on language and disability . . . a story of the quiet violence of grief, the gaps language can and cannot bridge, and the necessity of communication and connection."
--Buzzfeed "Evocative and elliptical."
--The Washington Post "Suffused with crackling sensory imagery that emphasizes our ties to the world."
--Minneapolis Star Tribune "An incredible meditation on one woman's abdication of language after she can no longer tolerate a world where violence is rooted even in speech."
--Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings "Sinuous and sublime . . . an extraordinary meditation on language, violence, loss and intimacy. Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she seems to traverse the entirety of human experience."
--Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies "A love letter to language, learning, and the hope of connection. It is about the mind and the body, our thoughts and our senses--about what it means to be a person in the world."
--Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth "Reading a Han Kang book is a pleasure like no other. Both poetic and deeply philosophical,
Greek Lessons is a beautiful, haunting story about the fragility and power of human connection. I can't stop thinking about it, and I don't want to."
--Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek and Happiness Falls "Breathtaking . . . Kang is always the most revelatory writer: she widens the sky of feeling. She is simply my favorite living writer to read, and think with, and see the world with."
--Max Porter, author of Grief Is The Thing With Feathers "Quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating . . . A stunning exploration of language, memory, and beauty from an internationally renowned writer."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Brilliant, shimmering . . . Once again, Kang demonstrates great visionary power."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[A] haunting exploration of tentative possibilities and yearned-for connections."
--Booklist (starred review)
