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sixteen different types of silence

Han Kang's Greek Lessons is 6 x 8 x 0.4 inches & 175 pages.

Maggie Lange
May 26, 2023
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Welcome to Purse Book, a weekly newsletter about reading hot little books & being a gal on the go. If you haven’t already, you absolutely may subscribe now: 


In Han Kang’s Greek Lessons, two characters connect over sensory losses: one has lost his vision, the other her capacity for language. It’s a book that conflates love with haunting. About that, I frankly disagree, but I found the whole project fascinating.

Below, a selection of the many types of silence in Greek Lessons:


Greek Lessons was also the May installment of Purse Book Gals-On-The-Go Official Book Club Book. Here’s what the gals thought:

  • “This book was spooky.” — Sara

  • “I read this book as a contemporary, but timeless myth. It’s something to read and read again.” — H. C.

  • “I can’t believe the word that brings her back in the beginning is bibliotheque.” - Jon S.

But no one in the Purse Book Gals-On-The-Go Official Book Club Book knew Ancient Greek, tragically, so please write in if you have any Ancient Greek insights.

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