Name: Pachinko
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Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Min Jin Lee
ISBN: 9781838930509

Type

Physical Book

Author

Min Jin Lee

Publisher

Speaking Tiger

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

560

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

198 x 129 mm

ISBN13

9781838930509

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee (Author) · Speaking Tiger · Paperback

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Synopsis "Pachinko "

Yeongdo, Korea 1911.

In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife.

Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.

Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival.

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Luminous... a powerful meditation on what immigrants sacrifice to achieve a home in the world' - Junot Diaz

Gripping... a stunning achievement, full of heart, full of grace, full of truth' - Erica Wagner

A deep, broad, addictive history of a Korean family in Japan enduring and prospering through the 20th century - David Mitchell, Guardian

A rich, moving novel about exile, identity and the determination to endure - Sunday Times

Vivid and immersive, Pachinko is a rich tribute to a people that history seems intent on erasing - Guardian

The work of a writer in complete control of her characters and her story and with an intense awareness of the importance of her heritage... Told with such flair and linguistic dexterity that I found myself unable to put it down. Every year, there are a few standout novels that survive long past the hype has died down and the hyperbolic compliments from friends scattered across the dust jacket have been forgotten. Pachinko, a masterpiece of empathy, integrity and familial loyalty, will be one of those novels' - John Boyne, Irish Times

We never feel history being spoon-fed to us: it is wholly absorbed into character and story, which is no mean feat for a novel covering almost a century of history - Financial Times

An epic, multi-generational saga - Mail on Sunday, Best of 2017

Min Jin Lee

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Min Jin Lee is a Korean-American writer and journalist. Her first novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was one of the "10 Best Novels of the Year" for The Times, NPR’s Fresh Air, and USA Today. She has written for the New York Times, Condé Nast, The Times, Vogue, and Wall Street Journal, among others. Lee is a member of the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. She is a writer-in-residence at Amherst College and serves as a trustee of PEN America and a director of the Authors Guild.

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Estefania Grajales Marin Monday, January 13, 2025
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Maria Francisca Anguita Gomez Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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El libro cumple con la descripción. Solo que se tardó bastante más de lo esperado en llegar.
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