Mater 2-10 - Hwang Sok-yong, Sora Kim-Russell (Translation) , Youngjae Josephine Bae (Translation) Audiobook

Written by Hwang Sok-yong, Sora Kim-Russell (Translation), Youngjae Josephine Bae (Translation)
Read by Yong Kim
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize

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.

Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 08-22-24