Pachinko
By: Min Jin Lee
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9781455569496
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Koreans; Spouses of clergy; Unmarried mothers; Families; Social life and customs; Large type books; Fiction
Description: Pachinko follows 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.
Notes: Finalist, National Book Award for Fiction, 2017