Greek Lessons: From the International Booker Prize-winning author of The Vegetarian

Greek Lessons is a powerful novel by Max Porter that explores the saving grace of language and human connection. It follows a young woman who has lost her voice and a Greek language teacher who is losing his sight, and explores the deeper pain that binds them. The novel is a tender love letter to human connection and is translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon. It is described as a stunning gem that is quiet, sharp, and devastating.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

The New Yorker, TIME magazine, and Kirkus have all named Max Porter's novel The Vegetarian the Book of the Year for 2023. It is a potent exploration of the power of language and human connection, written by the well-known author of The Vegetarian.

The narrative takes place in a Seoul classroom, where a young woman is unable to speak due to a loss of voice. Her Greek language teacher, who is gradually losing his sight, becomes drawn to her and discovers a deeper pain that binds them together. The woman has recently lost her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son, while the teacher grew up between Korea and Germany, feeling torn between two cultures and languages.

Greek Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel that awakens the senses and vividly conjures the essence of what it means to be alive. The book is translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon. Kirkus describes it as "another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating."

Max Porter is a writer like no other, able to traverse the entirety of human experience in a few lines. Katie Kitamura praises his work, stating that he is "simply my favourite living writer to read, think with, and see the world with."

Weight: 120g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241997062