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Thank you! ♡Empty bookstore without mid-roll ads♡ Go listen to Hwang Sok-young's [The House of Judgement] • The House of Judgement Hwang Sok-young's novel We are reducing the Booker Prize nomination! ___♡ Hwang Sok-young (January 4, 1943) is currently a finalist for the Booker Prize as of April 18, 2024. Published in 2020 [Three Generations of Railway Workers] A masterpiece that took 30 years from conception to writing. It penetrates the history of the Korean Peninsula from the Japanese colonial period to the present through a realistic story surrounding a railway worker family. The novel depicts the life of a worker using the mountain locomotive Mater 2 Type 10, which started operating during the Japanese colonial period and was blown up during the Korean War, as its subject matter. The story of an old man who had worked as a railway worker for three generations, whom Hwang met when he visited North Korea in 1989, served as inspiration. Translators Kim So-ra and Bae Young-jae participated in the English translation of Hwang's 'The Three Generations of Railroad Workers'. The English version was published under the title 'Mater 2-10'. It was serialized in Korea from 2019 to 2020 under the title 'Mater 2-10' and then published as 'The Three Generations of Railroad Workers' in 2020. _ Quote from the news Debuted when 《Standing Stone Nearby》 was selected for the Sasanggye New Writer's Award and began his literary career in 1970 when 《Tower》 was selected for the Chosun Ilbo. Long novels Jang Gil-san (1974-1984) Shadow of a Weapon (1985) Old Garden (2000) Guest (2001) Children of the Sand (2001) Simcheong, the Lotus Path (2007) Baridegi (2007) Star of the Dog Food Bowl (2008) Gangnam Dream (2010) Familiar World (2011) Sound of Stream (2012) At Sunset (2015) Three Generations of Railroad Workers (2020) Short story collections A Foreign Land - Short and Medium Story Collection 1 (Changbi) The Road to Sampo - Short and Medium Story Collection 2 (Changbi) The Bird of the Moldal Month - Short and Medium Story Collection 3 (Changbi) Play 《Jangsan Gotmae》 - Complete Play Collection (Changbi, 2000) Non-fiction 《For My Brother》 (1972) 《Let's Go North, Come South》 - Hwang Sok-yong's Visit to North Korea (2000) 《Taste and Memories of Hwang Sok-yong》 (2001) 《Suin》 (2017) Translated novel 《Romance of the Three Kingdoms》 (2003) Short story collection 《Hwang Sok-yong's 101 Lists of Korea》 (2015) Awards 2004 8th Manhae Literature Prize 2004 Korea Arts & Culture Promotion Agency Artist of the Year Award 2008 3rd Mark of Respect Award ___♡ 00:00~00:12 Intro 00:13~1:11:45 Family Painting 1:11:46~1:16:29 After Appreciation Love 1:16:30~1:21:30 Outro