When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...
How strange it is to be human. Plenty of authors have written about this peculiarity (some better than others), but Han Kang turns the well-worn idea of the mind-body disconnect into something fresh ...
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, ...
Few literary books this year are as highly anticipated as Greek Lessons, the latest novel by Han Kang to be translated into English. After Kang's Booker Prize-winning novel The Vegetarian and the ...
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” ...
For this Book Salon, we will read the breathtaking Korean book Greek Lessons by internationally renowned writer Han Kang. About the book (publisher's description): In a classroom in Seoul, a young ...
Odyssey Charter School mandates the teaching of the Greek language at every level although 98% of its student body is not of ...
These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Han Kang, winner of the ...