In a classroom in Seoul, two nameless protagonists meet. She, unable to speak, shapes words silently with her lips. He, caught between Korea and Germany, between his own culture and a foreign one - struggles as his eyesight slowly fades. During their Greek lessons, something delicate begins to grow between them.
Told in shifting perspectives, their thoughts and emotions overlap: reflections on loss, past love, and the struggle to exist in a world where vital senses are missing from birth or slip away over time. With quiet, poetic language, Han Kang draws us into the inner lives of these two characters and the fragile love that slowly takes shape.
This is such a beautiful, short novel, full of introspection, tender and deeply moving. I also really enjoyed the audiobook, the narration was wonderful.