W. F. Howes lands audio rights to Sok-yong’s Booker-shortlisted epic
W. F. Howes, RBmedia’s UK publishing brand, has secured the audio rights to Hwang Sok-yong’s critically acclaimed novel Mater 2-10, which was recently shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.
Dubbed “a masterpiece” by the Guardian, Mater 2-10 is an epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century of Korean history told through the lives of three generations of a family of rail workers and a laid-off factory employee.
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