Mater 2.10

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE?International Booker-nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story - an epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century of Korean history.Centred on three generations of a family of rail workers and a laid-off factory worker staging a high-altitude sit-in, Mater 2-10 vividly portrays the lives of ordinary Koreans, starting from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century. It is at once a gripping account that captures a nation's longing to be free from oppression, a lyrical folktale that manages to reflect the realities of modern industrial work, and a culmination of Hwang's career - a masterpiece thirty years in the making.A true voice of a generation, Hwang shows again why he is unmatched when it comes to depicting the struggles of a divided nation and bringing to life the trials and tribulations of the Korean people.

Product details

• Authors: Sok-Yong Hwang, Hwang Sok Yong, Hwang Sok-yong
• Assisted by: Youngjae Josephine Bae (Translation), Sora Kim-Russell (Translation), Kim-Russell Sora (Translation)
• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.05.2024
• EAN: 9781917189064
• ISBN: 978-1-917189-06-4
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Korea, Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Sagas, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Generational sagas, FICTION / World Literature / Korea, Fiction based on or inspired by true events