{"product_id":"hwang-sok-yong-mater-2-10-9781922310965","title":"Mater 2-10","description":"\u003cb\u003eVirtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century of Korean history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentred on a family of rail workers, \u003ci\u003eMater 2-10\u003c\/i\u003e vividly depicts the lives of workers and common folk, starting from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century, rendering in elegant prose a history of modern Korea. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMater 2-10\u003c\/i\u003e moves like a locomotive, demonstrating both Hwang Sok-yong’s powers as a writer and the beauty of the long novel. The plot centres on three generations of rail workers and Yi Jino, a laid-off factory worker staging a high-altitude sit-in. Perched on the catwalk of a sixteen-storey-high factory chimney during long and bitterly cold nights, Jino talks to his ancestors and friends, chewing on the meaning of life, on wisdom passed down through generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMater 2-10\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning achievement. It is at once a powerful account that captures a nation’s longing for a rail line that would connect North and South, a magical-realist novel that manages to reflect the lives of modern industrial workers, and a culmination of Hwang’s career — a masterpiece thirty years in the making.","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53817063702870,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/hwang-sok-yong-mater-2-10-9781922310965","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}