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.
| ISBN: | 9781917189064 |
| Publication date: | 23rd May 2024 |
| Author: | Sogyong Hwang |
| Publisher: | Scribe UK an imprint of Scribe Publications Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 496 pages |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Narrative theme: Interior life Narrative theme: Identity / belonging Narrative theme: Social issues Fiction based on or inspired by true events Fiction in translation Sagas Historical Fiction |