Mater 2?10 shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024【電子書籍】[ Hwang Sok-yong ]

＜p＞＜strong＞SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞International Booker?nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story ー an epic tale that threads together a century of Korean history.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-storey factory chimney. During the long and lonely nights, he talks to his ancestors, chewing on the meaning of life, on wisdom passed down the generations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through the lives of those ancestors, three generations of railroad workers, ＜em＞Mater 2-10＜/em＞ vividly portrays the struggles 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 of a nation’s longing to be free from oppression, a lyrical folktale that reflects the blood, sweat, and tears shed by modern industrial labourers, and a culmination of Hwang’s career ー a masterpi．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る