Greek Lessons
by Han Kang
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0241600278
- ISBN 13
- 9780241600276
- Seller
-
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, UK, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 148 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hamish Hamilton, UK, 2023. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at 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. Soon 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. Greek Lessons tells the story of two ordinary people brought together at a moment of private anguishthe 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 unitytheir voices intersecting with startling beauty, as they move from darkness to light, from silence to breath and expression. Greek Lessons is the story of the unlikely bond between this pair and a tender love letter to human intimacy and connectiona novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN/EAN: 9780241600276. Inventory No: 24030131.. 9780241600276
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24030131
- Title
- Greek Lessons
- Author
- Han Kang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241600278
- ISBN 13
- 9780241600276
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Literature & Literary; Greek Lessons
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Literary;
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- Fine
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