Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
5/5
Grand Central Publishing 490 pages February 7, 2017
Pachinko follows four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan. Beginning in early 1900s Korea with the story of a young woman named Sunja, the novel sweeps through decades of history, exploring themes of identity, discrimination, and resilience.
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Four generations of heartbreak, resilience, and love — this epic is worth devouring like a worm through a library's worth of pages. Min Jin Lee writes with such quiet power that it's easy to become completely absorbed in a world you may know nothing about. Every character feels so real you'll want to crawl right into the story and give them all a hug. This is the kind of sweeping saga that reminds you why reading matters.
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