Pachinko
Lee, Min Jin
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...
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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.
MEDIA REVIEWS
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
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