Pachinko

[sound recording] /, 30 pages

English language

Published 2017 by Grand Central Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-4789-6743-9
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OCLC Number:
951764720

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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 their homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, thery are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity.

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This one disappointed me.

Very light spoiler that pertains to the progression of the book

I did really enjoy the view of history that I've not seen covered in a book before. I got through the first part pretty quickly due to not wanting to put the book down. But then it just started dragging. I was avoiding reading because I didn't want to be reminded that I had this on my phone waiting to be finished.

SPOILERISH I also got to the point that my first though when being introduced to a new character was "ok and how long until they die?" END SPOILERISH

This should have been a DNF for me, but I'm still going to give it 2 stars because I really did appreciate Min Jin Lee bringing forward the racism and disparity that Koreans faced during that time. I cannot begin to fathom leaving your birth country and then have …

Subjects

  • Literary
  • Families
  • Historical
  • Audiobooks
  • Fiction
  • FICTION

Places

  • Korea