Vivid and immersive, Pachinko is a rich tribute to a people that history seems intent on erasing. The Guardian Yeongdo, Korea 1911 A club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then a Christian minister offers a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man he barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends and no home, Sunjas salvation is just the beginning of her story. A beautifully realised saga. TLS
Pachinko
Head of Zeus
$34.60 - $45.13
- UPC:
- 9781786691378
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 8/5/2017
- Author:
- Lee Min Jin
- Language:
- English: Published; English: Original Language; English
- Pages:
- 537