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Hypnotic . . . Kang is one of the most unconventional, perceptive and truly innovative writers publishing today.
— San Francisco Chronicle
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In Greek Lessons, Kang reaches beyond the usual senses to translate the unspeakable.
— Los Angeles Times
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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
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Stirring . . . quietly beautiful.
— Time
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A woman’s extreme protest against the horrors of the human condition . . . touching [and] sympathetic.
— The Wall Street Journal
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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
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Evocative and elliptical.
— The Washington Post
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Suffused with crackling sensory imagery that emphasizes our ties to the world.
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating . . . A stunning exploration of language, memory, and beauty from an internationally renowned writer.
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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Brilliant, shimmering . . . Once again, Kang demonstrates great visionary power.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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[A] haunting exploration of tentative possibilities and yearned-for connections.
— Booklist (starred review)