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Pachinko
A Historical Fiction Novel by Min Jin Lee
Subgenres:
- Family Saga,
- Multi-Generational,
- 20th-Century Japan
This book is for you if you're into...
- Multi-generational sagas shaped by migration and resilience
- Korean family stories set against historical upheaval in Japan
- Characters navigating love, sacrifice, and cultural identity under pressure
From Little Stack
Korean-American author Min Jin Lee went epic with her historical novel about a Korean family who immigrates to Japan (it was also adapted into an excellent series for Apple TV+.)
Sunja is pursued by a wealthy fisherman but left pregnant and abandoned when she refuses to be his mistress. She marries a Christian minister and moves to Osaka to begin life anew, but following the annexation of Korea by Japan, anti-Korean sentiment is rife and discrimination comes to define the next six decades of her and her descendants' lives.
In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan–the inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+.
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations.
Profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.
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