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Pachinko is the second novel by Harlem -based author and journalist Min Jin Lee. Published in 2017, Pachinko is an epic historical fiction novel following a Korean family who immigrates to Japan.
Feb 7, 2017 · Pachinko. Min Jin Lee. 4.33. 490,599 ratings47,590 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2017) In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea.
Feb 7, 2017 · The New York Times Book Review "In 1930s Korea, an earnest young woman, abandoned by the lover who has gotten her pregnant, enters into a marriage of convenience that will take her to a new life in Japan. Thus begins Lee's luminous new novel PACHINKO--a powerful meditation on what immigrants sacrifice to achieve a home in the world.
Feb 2, 2017 · Min Jin Lee’s stunning novel “Pachinko” — her second, after “Free Food for Millionaires” (2007) — announces its ambitions right from the opening sentence: “History has failed us, but no matter.”
An epic family saga. Reviewed in India on 18 April 2022. Min Ji Lee's Pachinko is a family saga that takes you in the footsteps of a Korean family of three generations, 8 decades from Korea to Japan beginning from 1910 to ending in 90'. There are three parts to the story.
Feb 7, 2017 · Pachinko, the sophomore novel by the gifted Korean-born Min Jin Lee, is the kind of book that can open your eyes and fill them with tears at the same time.
Aug 5, 2017 · Pachinko was a selection for “Now Read This,” the joint book club of PBS NewsHour and The New York Times. It was on over 75 best books of the year lists, including NPR, PBS, and CNN. Pachinko will be translated into 25 languages.
Nov 6, 2017 · Min Jin Lee, the author of “Pachinko,” discusses her book and the remnants of discrimination against Koreans by the Japanese.
A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations. * The million-copy bestseller*. * National Book Award finalist *. * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 *.
Aug 5, 2017 · Pachinko tells the story of Korean immigrants living in Japan between 1910 and today, a family saga that explores the effects of poverty, abuse, war, suicide, and the accumulation of wealth...
