Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Hwang Sok-yong’s ‘Mater 2-10’ is fluidly structured, with the tastiest touch of magical realism, but dry and explanatory in places. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024.
7/10
Mater 2-10: 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.
0:00 – Review
15:32 – Shortlist predictions
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Hwang Sok-yong’s ‘Mater 2-10’ is fluidly structured, with the tastiest touch of magical realism, but dry and explanatory in places. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024.
7/10
Mater 2-10: 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.
0:00 – Review
15:32 – Shortlist predictions
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/61199102
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/TheDiscoKing
Instagram: instagram.com/funkydaddydisco
Thanks for watching, and remember: I’m gonna get 6/6 on my predictions.
#internationalbookerprize #bookerprize #booktube #bookreview
