In “Greek Lessons,” Han Kang’s latest novel to be translated into English, a young Korean mother is suddenly unable to speak. By Idra Novey When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

Greek Lessons, by Han Kang – whose novel, The Vegetarian, won the International Booker in 2016 – is a luminous and aching meditation on the difficulties of language: how it speaks to mortality, ...

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In high school, I was particularly fond of a serious and attentive Latin teacher who never seemed disturbed by my reluctance to speak during class. Once, on the first day back to school after a break, ...

Greek Lessons. By Han Kang. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Hogarth; 192 pages; $26. Hamish Hamilton; £16.99 Han Kang was already a literary star in South Korea when “The Vegetarian” ...

I don’t consider the Greek diaspora more exceptional than other ethnic communities, but there is one area where I think it excels — and that’s in maintaining its language.

What is at the heart of the Greek crisis? What are the important lessons for India? Based on a fairly close reading of the international press, it has been surprisingly hard to answer the first of ...