Pachinko

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A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist,
Pachinko is an “extraordinary epic” of four generations of a poor Korean
immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan
(San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 A USA TODAY
TOP TEN OF 2017 JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW
READ THIS FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE WINNER OF THE
MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay’s Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER “There could only
be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had
hope that we might be the lucky ones.” In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the
adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the
seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she
discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she refuses to be
bought. Instead, 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. Richly told and profoundly moving,
Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling
street markets to the halls of Japan’s finest universities to the pachinko
parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee’s complex and passionate characters–
strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral
crisis–survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history. Includes
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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (November 14, 2017)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 20
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.36 x 8 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #3,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Asian American Literature & Fiction #66 in Family Saga Fiction #336 in Literary Fiction (Books)
• #11 in Asian American Literature & Fiction