The acclaimed author of The Vegetarian delivers a spellbinding exploration of grief, intimacy and the power of language, as a student who has lost her voice and her teacher who is losing his sight begin a journey out of silence and darkness together.
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.
