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La Clase de Griego / Greek Lessons
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ISBN10: 8439741812
ISBN13: 9788439741817
Publisher: Literatura Random House
Published: Jan 23 2024
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.51 Depth: 9.03
Language: Spanish
ISBN13: 9788439741817
Publisher: Literatura Random House
Published: Jan 23 2024
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.51 Depth: 9.03
Language: Spanish
Ganadora del premio Nobel de Literatura 2024 «La clase de griego es impresionante. En humanidad, en lenguaje, en las formas del dolor y el silencio dentro y alrededor de nosotros. Han Kang siempre es una de las escritoras más lúcidas: ensancha el cielo de los sentimientos . Max Porter En Seúl, una mujer asiste a clases de griego antiguo. Su profesor le pide que lea en voz alta, pero ella permanece en silencio; ha perdido la capacidad del lenguaje, asà como a su madre y la custodia de un hijo de ocho años. El profesor, que acaba de regresar a Corea después de pasar media vida en Alemania, también afronta pérdidas: su vista empeora irreversiblemente a cada dÃa que pasa, y convive con el miedo de saber que, cuando llegue la ceguera total, perderá toda autonomÃa. Con una belleza inusitada, las voces Ãntimas de estos dos protagonistas se intercalan y se cruzan en un momento de desesperación. Será posible que encuentren en el otro el modo de salvarse, que la oscuridad dé paso a la luz y el silencio a la palabra? La aclamada autora de La vegetariana indaga en la pérdida, la violencia y la frágil relación de nuestros sentidos con el mundo para brindarnos una carta de amor a la filosofÃa, la literatura y el lenguaje, pero, sobre todo, a la esencia de la conexión humana y de lo que significa sentirse vivo. ENGLISH DESCRPTION Winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - A dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the visionary (New York Times Book Review) author of the International Booker Prize Winner The Vegetarian
Both a disquieting journey about the loss of sense and a return to the sensorium of touch and intimacy, Greek Lessons soars with sensuous and revelatory insight.--Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings
ONE OF TIME'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 (SO FAR) Now and then, language would thrust its way into her sleep like a skewer through meat, startling her awake several times a night. 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 anguish--the 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 unity--their 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 connection--a novel to awaken the senses, one that vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive.
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