Are there any notable works that you feel are distinctly "of their culture"?

What I mean by this is: a lot of people discuss notable literary works as having something universal - discussions of the Nobel often include references to "floating above culture" or "transcending the bounds of their language & heritage". The truly great literature is argued to go beyond the trappings of whoever wrote it, wherever they wrote it, and the time they wrote it.

I personally do not agree with this. I think a work that is impenetrably Korean can be great to someone not Korean; a work that is unmistakably Japanese can be great to someone not Japanese.

But my question is: are there any works that you think truly embody their culture, heritage or setting? That cannot be separated or discussed without specific context; or perhaps, by reading in a language other than it's native something core & important is lost?