{"product_id":"9781917189064","title":"Mater 2-10 : shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Hwang Sok-yong\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eKorea\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 May 2024 by Scribe Publications in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 496 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 32mm | 376g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentred 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hwang Sok-yong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57418910925125,"sku":"9781917189064","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781917189064.jpg?v=1773833029","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781917189064","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}