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Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

National Book Award for Fiction · 2017 · Shortlist
Grand Central Publishinghistorical-fictionISBN 9781455563920

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for FictionFiction2017Shortlist

About This Book

Beginning in early twentieth-century Korea and spanning eight decades and four generations, Pachinko follows a Korean family who immigrate to Japan and must navigate the racial discrimination faced by Koreans in Japan across the twentieth century. An epic novel of sacrifice, love, and the meaning of belonging.

About the Author

Min Jin LeeKorean-American

Min Jin Lee is a Korean-American novelist born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1968. Her family immigrated to the United States when she was seven. She studied history at Yale University and law at Georgetown University Law Center. Read more →

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