Mater 2-10

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Hwang Sok-yong nació en 1943 y es posiblemente el autor más famoso de Corea. En 1993, fue condenado a siete años de prisión por un viaje no autorizado al Norte para promover el intercambio entre artistas en las dos Coreas. Cinco años más tarde, fue indultado. Ganador de los premios literarios más importantes de Corea, su obra ha sido publicada en numerosos países.