Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

February 2017

Status

Available

Call number

PS3612.E346 P33

Description

Following one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity.

Collection

Rating

(1524 ratings; 4.1)

Publication

Grand Central Publishing

Awards

National Book Award (Finalist — Fiction — 2017)
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2019)
The Morning News Tournament of Books (Quarterfinalist — 2018)
RUSA CODES Reading List (Shortlist — Historical Fiction — 2018)
Indies Choice Book Award (Honor Book — Adult Fiction — 2018)

LCC

PS3612.E346 P33

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