Pachinko

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Label

Pachinko

Statement of responsibility

Min Jin Lee

Creator

• trueLee, Min Jin

Subject

• trueKorea -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1910-1945
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueIntergenerational relations
• trueImmigrant families
• trueKoreans in Japan
• true20th century -- 1901 -- 2000
• true1910s -- 1910 -- 1919
• trueFamily sagas
• truePrejudice
• trueHome (Concept)
• trueUnplanned pregnancy
• trueIdentity (Psychology)
• trueFamilies
• trueLiterature
• Fiction
• trueJapan -- Social life and customs -- 20th century

Genre

• trueFamily sagas
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER "There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones." 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. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters—strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis—survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.*Includes reading group guide*

Storyline

• trueSweeping
• trueOwn voices
• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueCulturally diverse
• trueAuthentic
• trueComplex

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2018.
• Loan Stars Favourites, 2017
• New York Times Notable Book, 2017

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813.6

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult