Greek Lessons: Han Kang in Conversation with Katie Kitamura

12 May 2023
8:00 pm
Strand Book Store
 $20
Han Kang w/ Katie Kitamura

Han Kang’s Booker Prize-winning 2016 novel The Vegetarian solidified her place as a master of the surreal, and is a powerful reminder that what makes surrealist narratives so haunting is the way they illuminate concerns that are real and urgent. Kang, one of South Korea’s leading literary voices, joins the World Voices Festival for the North American launch of her new novel, Greek Lessons. Following a female protagonist who loses her voice and seeks out learning Greek as a possible remedy, the book is a poignant exploration of language, the nature of pain, and the need to move on. Join Kang in conversation with  Katie Kitamura, author of Intimacies, for this fascinating conversation of the self and the myriad ways we seek to heal.

Katie Kitamura
Han Kang