{"product_id":"9781922310965","title":"Mater 2-10","description":"Author: Sok-Yong, Hwang \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922310965 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 600 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 257mm x 186mm x 36mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eInternational Booker-nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story - an epic tale that threads together a century of Korean history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-storey factory chimney. During the long and lonely nights, he talks to his ancestors, chewing on the meaning of life, on wisdom passed down the generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lives of those ancestors, three generations of railroad workers, \u003ci\u003eMater 2-10\u003c\/i\u003e vividly portrays the struggles 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 of a nation's longing to be free from oppression, a lyrical folktale that reflects the blood, sweat, and tears shed by modern industrial labourers, and a culmination of Hwang's career - a masterpiece thirty years in the making.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA true voice of a generation, Hwang shows again why he is unmatched when it comes to depicting the roots and reality of a divided nation and bringing to life the trials and tribulations of the Korean people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterpiece of Korean history.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Maya Jaggi, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Undoubtedly the most powerful voice in Asia today.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Nobel Prize-winner Kenzaburo Ōe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This nearly 500-page novel opens with a laid-off railroad worker in Seoul camped out on a platform atop a factory chimney, where he will stay for 410 consecutive days in protest. As he braves the elements, his ancestors, also railroad workers, visit to relive the murders, imprisonment and torture they endured under Japanese and US occupation while fighting for better working conditions. The Nobel Prize in literature almost always goes to a European, but for the next one that's awarded to a non-European, I'm rooting for Hwang Sok-yong, perhaps South Korea's most renowned author.'\u003cbr\u003e-Leland Cheuk, book critic and author of the \u003ci\u003eNo Good Very Bad Asian\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667912155294,"sku":"UBD-9781922310965","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922310965.jpg?v=1751332469","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922310965","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}