Reviews with content warning for Death of parent - La clase de griego

A diferencia de "La Vegetariana", su novela más aclamada, Han Kang en "La Clase de Griego" opta por una prosa mucho más poética e introspectiva para narrar la manera en cómo se entrelazan las vidas de una escritora recién divorciada, carente de voz como respuestas a traumas recientes, y un profesor, que tras un largo tiempo ausente de su país, decide regresar ante la realidad de la pérdida de su visión.

Sin embargo, Kang no se encuentra interesada en lo absoluto en explorar sus sentimientos y emociones. En realidad, esta trama es solamente el pretexto para plasmar sus reflexiones sobre la importancia del lenguaje, tanto su naturaleza violenta como reconfortante. Y pese a que la prosa contiene pasajes hermosos, puede llegar a ser un tanto tediosa con algunos argumentos filosóficos que se sienten forzados en lugar de naturales.

Posiblemente sea el libro menos amigable de la autora, pero también es el más llamativo para los amantes del lenguaje puro.

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charming_killerqueen's review against another edition

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hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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anh_read's review against another edition

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emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Die Audiobook-Version war schön vorgelesen. Dennoch wünsche ich mir, ich hätte es doch gelesen statt anzuhören. Viele Stellen waren sehr poetisch, aber was den Plot anging, passierte recht wenig. Ich musste immer wieder zurückspulen, weil ich schnell die Aufmerksamkeit verlor.

Die Idee des Buches, wie eine stumme Frau und ein blinder Mann miteinander agieren und kommunizieren, fand ich faszinierend. Dazu waren die Schilderungen, wie die Protagonisten ihre Einschränkungen wahrnehmen und wie sie damit umgehen, sehr greifbar dank der bildhaften Beschreibungen. Leider kam erst zum Ende die erste richtige Interaktion zwischen beiden Protagonisten. Deshalb bin ich da etwas enttäuscht, da ich mehr davon erwartet habe. Nichtsdestotrotz kann ich das Buch weiter empfehlen.

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vik88's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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charlereads's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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nathiddles_106's review against another edition

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reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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rieviolet's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I struggled to engage with the story and the characters, I think mostly because their past experiences and life circumstances are narrated in a very disjointed way, and it wasn't easy to match the pieces and get a complete picture. It was an overly ambiguous and blurred type of storytelling that didn't work very well, for me at least.

However, I can still appreciate the beautiful writing style. There were many moments when I re-read sentences and reflections just to savour how expertly and poetically they were constructed.

In the end, I think I was more disappointed because I've previously read and absolutely loved other books by Han Kang (namely Human Acts and The White Book) and I started this one with a lot of expectations.

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lizzie_r's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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