{"product_id":"mater-210","title":"Mater 210","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEInternational 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 nations 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 Hwangs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877086224582,"sku":"DADAX1913348954","price":8.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/711uJi0piCL.jpg?v=1779647150","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/mater-210","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}