Pachinko
Four generations of a Korean family in Japan, enduring an adopted country that never quite accepts them.
Min Jin Lee follows four generations of a Korean family who migrate to Japan in the twentieth century and remain outsiders there no matter how long they stay, barred from citizenship and pushed toward the pachinko parlours of the title. It is a long, patient novel about endurance and the compromises survival demands. A National Book Award finalist. It was an Our Shared Shelf pick for May 2019.
Recommended by 1 Person
Emma Watson
Book Club · May 2019
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