{"product_id":"mater-2-10-by-hwang-sok-yong","title":"Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-story 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the lives of those ancestors, three generations of railroad workers, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMater 2-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 laborers, and a culmination of Hwang’s career―a masterpiece thirty years in the making.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA true voice of a generation, Hwang shows again why he is unmatched when it comes to depicting the roots and reality of a divided nation and bringing to life the trials and tribulations of the Korean people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44577565573162,"sku":null,"price":520.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44577565605930,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":44577565638698,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/5126\/8394\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_1862c76a-8b09-4b0a-a6ae-7d5faccebf7a.jpg?v=1784056028","url":"https:\/\/bookycafebd.shop\/products\/mater-2-10-by-hwang-sok-yong","provider":"BookYcafe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}