Pachinko / Min Jin Lee.
"A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone. PACHINKO follows 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 its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity"-- Provided by publisher.
"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."--Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781455563920
- ISBN: 9781478970880
- ISBN: 1455563927
- ISBN: 147897088X
- ISBN: 9781786691378
- ISBN: 178669137X
- ISBN: 9788494716966
- Physical Description: xii, 502 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes reading group guide.
- Awards Note:
- National Book Award Finalist 2017.New York Times Book Review Top Ten of the Year 2017.New York Times Notable Book of 2017.
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- Subject:
- Families > Korea > Fiction.
Families > Korea > Juvenile fiction. - Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
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- 67 of 82 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 82 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill Library | FIC LEE (Text) | 30229101114063 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
