Pachinko
- Themes
- Family across generations, Love and sacrifice, Immigrant family life
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in multigenerational Korean immigrant family stories
- Readers drawn to family sagas set in 20th-century Japan
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In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan–the inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+.
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan.
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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.
Profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.
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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 2018DAYTON 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
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Family Life
- Cultural Heritage Fiction
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- Asian American Fiction
- Authors
- Min Jin Lee
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- November 14, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction