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 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 manages to 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.
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Editorial: Scribe Publications
ISBN: 9781913348953
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 11/05/2023
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Escrito por Hwang Sok-yong
Hwang Sok-yong es uno de los principales escritores asiáticos actuales y uno de los más representativos de las letras coreanas. Es un autor muy sensibilizado con la problemática social y política de su país, lo que le ha valido la cárcel y el exilio. Su obra ha sido reconocida con numerosos premios literarios y la traducción a las principales lenguas del mundo. Es candidato al premio Nobel. En Alianza Editorial están publicadas sus dos anteriores novelas, " Shim Chong " . " La niña vendida " y " Bari. La princesa abandonada " .