Pachinko
byMin Jin Lee, Allison Hiroto
Genres: FictionHistorical fiction
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.
Language
en
Published on
01/09/2020
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781838930509
Who is this book for? Readers interested in family sagas, historical fiction, and stories of resilience and identity.
Topics FamilyIdentitySurvivalLoveSacrifice
MoodReflective, Melancholic
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceMild
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
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