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Publisher: Scribe Us
Author: Hwang Sok-Yong
ISBN: 9781957363318
Fiction
Mater 2-10
by
Hwang Sok-Yong
Mater 2-10 by
Hwang Sok-Yong
Reviews
"Undoubtedly the most powerful voice in Asia today."
Kenzaburō Ōe, Nobel Prize Winner
Summary
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 depicts the lives of ordinary working Koreans, starting from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century. It is at once a powerful account that captures a nation’s longing for a rail line to reconnect North and South, a magical-realist novel that depicts reflect the lives of modern industrial workers, 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 grief of a divided nation and bringing to life the cultural identity and trials and tribulations of the Korean people.