The Greeks did not know the art of writing up to 800BC. Instead, there was an oral tradition of transmitting stories, legends and poetry from generation to generation.

Greek Lessons feels like a departure from Han Kang's other English-translated novels; tugging bit by bit at the heartstrings, readers are left speechless with both sadness and hope by the final pages.

It’s still a Greecy soup, despite the billions that were ladled in So much drama over ‘Grexit’. But why the surprise? The ancient Greek dramatists gave us the concept of tragedy, indeed of ...

A Greek tragedy, we are told, is but a slender streamlet beside the mighty river of Shakespeare’s presentation of human life and passion in a Hamlet or a Macbeth.

Greek dramatists had to hold the attention of 14 or 15 thousand hot and sweaty people, sitting in a huge amphitheatre. Plays were short - usually an hour and 20 minutes, so "no sore bum".

Find Your Next Book Thrillers N.Y.C. Literary Guide Nonfiction Summer Preview Advertisement Supported by Fiction In “Greek Lessons,” Han Kang’s latest novel to be translated into English, a ...