Greek Lessons. By Han Kang. Translated by Deborah Smith and Emily Yae Won. Hogarth; 192 pages; $26. Hamish Hamilton; £16.99 Han Kang was already a literary star in South Korea when “The Vegetarian” ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the unnamed protagonist of Han Kang’s latest novel, Greek Lessons, suddenly and mysteriously loses the ...

Greek Lessons, the fifth novel to come into English by the South Korean writer, shares The Vegetarian’s emphasis on bodily fragility, and its intensity of style – but describes a different, softer arc ...