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A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human
connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.
'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to
read, and think with, and see the world with' Max Porter
__________________ 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 they
discover a deeper pain binds them. 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.
Greek Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel
to awaken the senses, vividly conjuring the essence of what it
means to be alive. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.
__________________ 'Another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted,
and devastating' Kirkus 'Han Kang's vivid and at times violent
storytelling will wake up even the most jaded of literary palates'
Independent 'Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines,
she seems to traverse the entirety of human experience' Katie
Kitamura
A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human
connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian.
'Breathtaking . . . She is simply my favourite living writer to
read, and think with, and see the world with' Max Porter 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 they discover a deeper pain
binds them. 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. Greek
Lessons is a tender love letter to human connection, a novel to
awaken the senses, vividly conjuring the essence of what it means
to be alive. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won.
'Another stunning gem: quiet, sharply faceted, and devastating'
Kirkus 'Han Kang is a writer like no other. In a few lines, she
seems to traverse the entirety of human experience' Katie Kitamura
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The Vegetarian - A Novel
Han Kang; Translated by Deborah Smith
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R304
R246
Discovery Miles 2 460
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WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 'A strange, painfully
tender exploration of the brutality of desire indulged and the
fatality of desire ignored... Exquisite.' Eimear McBride Yeong-hye
and her husband are ordinary people - dutiful wife and
mild-mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque
recurring nightmares, Yeong-hye decides to become a vegetarian. But
in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and
societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of
subversion. Yeong-hye's passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever
more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism to attempted
suicide, and in increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, as all
the while she spirals further into her fantasies... Disturbing and
beautiful by turns, The Vegetarian is a revelatory novel about
modern day South Korea; a tale of shame, desire and our faltering
attempts to understand others.
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Human Acts (Paperback)
Han Kang; Translated by Deborah Smith
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R302
R246
Discovery Miles 2 460
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Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed
student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a
consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised
country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected
chapters the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial,
forgiveness and the echoing agony of the original trauma. Human
Acts is a universal book, utterly modern and profoundly timeless.
Already a controversial bestseller and award-winning book in Korea,
it confirms Han Kang as a writer of immense importance.
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The White Book (Paperback)
Han Kang; Translated by Deborah Smith
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R295
R234
Discovery Miles 2 340
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From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for The
VegetarianFrom the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a
book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour,
beginning with a list of white things. It is a book about mourning,
rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning
investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of
life.Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office
worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an
uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their
marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like'
existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque
recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost
unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's
decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion
manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her
bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His
cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide and hospitalisation.
She unknowingly captivates her sister's husband, a video artist.
She becomes the focus of his increasingly erotic and unhinged
artworks, while spiralling further and further into her fantasies
of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming - impossibly,
ecstatically - a tree. Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The
Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a
novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand
others, from one imprisoned body to another.
HIV is the leading cause of premature death in Thailand. Since the
first case of AIDS was reported in 1984 more than one million Thais
have been infected. The social, human and economic costs of this
burden are enormous. The Thai government has shown a strong
commitment to providing care and support to persons living with
HIV/AIDS by launching the National Access to Care Program (NAPHA)
in 2003, which provides for publicly financed antiretroviral
therapy (ART) to all HIV-infected people. This book documents
through interviews how ART has radically changed the lives of those
living with HIV. In the words of an HIV positive 29-year old man,
ART is a 'miracle'. The book then develops an innovative analytical
framework and uses it to show how the future sustainability and
cost-effectiveness of this ambitious program depend critically on
Thai government choices of AIDS treatment policy, HIV prevention
policy and AIDS drug pricing. For the most likely assumptions, the
book estimates that ART will save years of healthy life at a cost
of between $700 and $2,400 per year. Successful AIDS treatment
accumulates ever-increasing numbers of patients who need subsidized
ART. Despite the magnitude of the resulting fiscal burden, the
authors judge this expenditure to be a worthwhile public health
investment for Thailand. However, they show that the future
sustainability of the program will hinge critically on how well the
government manages the quality of ART service delivery, on whether
it is able to sustain its past successes in HIV prevention and on
its negotiations with multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers on
the prices of new AIDS drugs.
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