Join author Hwang Sok-yong for an in-person talk exploring the novel Mater 2-10 along with the novel's translators Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae.
Date & Time:
20 May 2024, 7 pm
Tickets:
Free
Location:
Korean Cultural Centre UK
Grand Buildings
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5BW
Grand Buildings
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5BW
Hwang Sok-yong at Korean Cultural Centre
Date & Time:
20 May 2024, 7 pm
Tickets:
Free
Location:
Korean Cultural Centre UK
Grand Buildings
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5BW
Grand Buildings
1-3 Strand
London WC2N 5BW
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, Mater 2-10 is a multi-dimensional epic tale threading three generations of Korean railroad workers. Starting with a laid-off factory worker staging a high-altitude sit-in, the story vividly depicts the lives of ordinary working Koreans from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century.
Moderated by Martin Colthorpe, this event will be held at the Korean Cultural Centre on the 20 May at 7 pm.
For more information and to RSVP, please visit the event website here.
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Mater 2-10
SHORTLISTED 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.
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 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.
A 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.
