Mater 2-10

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024

von Hwang Sok-Yong

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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.

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9781917189064
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2024
• Größe: 194 x 125 mm
• Verlag: Scribe UK
• Übersetzung: Sora Kim-Russell, Youngjae Josephine Bae