Pachinko

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Yeongdo, Korea 1911 In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, 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 Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation a new life in Japan as his wife Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja s salvation is just the beginning of her story Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival Download Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – kino-fada.fr History has failed us, but no matter. Look, I get it A lot of people won t be interested in this book because they have no idea what pachinko means and what exactly is going on with that cover, anyway We are highly susceptible to marketing techniques and the cover and title give us pretty much nothing But hear me out for a minute because this book is really good.This is a historical ...What a marvelous, deeply engrossing novel about four generations of a Korean family in Japan There was a lot of story here and a lot of history of which I was woefully ignorant and it is all rendered in impeccable prose with a touch of steeliness Toward the end of the novel, things started to feel a bit rushed, not enough time with the characters And certain folks just fell away but such is the nature of a sprawling multi generational novel I read this in one day because I simply could not What a marvelous, deeply eng...Alright, after thinking about this one for the last 24 hours or so, I think I ve figured out how to articulate what I didn t like about it.But first I want to start with the stuff I did really enjoy The book taught me a lot about the dynamic between Koreans Japanese, especially in the early to mid 20th century I had no idea about any of the historical context within which this book was set And I found learning about it, especially as the author traced these...A very enjoyable lengthy historical fiction A Jewel Some days Sunja, daughter of the owner of a boardinghouse in Korea, felt chills when she was growing her secret child If she had agreed to remain the mistress of the rich man in Japan whom she got pregnant with who was married with 3 children she could have been taken care of and the needs for her child would be met However Sunja couldn t agree to the arrangement She couldn t imagine sharing her life with a man who has anothe A very enjoyable lengthy historical fiction A Jewel Some days Sunja, daughter of the owner of a boardinghouse in Korea, felt chills when she was growing her secret child If she had agreed to remain the mistress of the rich man in Japan whom she got pregnant with who was married with 3 children she could have been taken care of and the needs for her child would be met However Sunja couldn t agree to the arrangement She couldn t imagine sharing her life with a man who has another wife family Another boarder, Isak, offers to marry Sunja and raise her unborn child as his own After conversations they have including sharing with Sunja s mother wanting her blessing Sunja concludes Isak is not a fool as her mother feared at first but an angel Isak had one request He believed strongly in his Korean Christian faith Isak and Sunja traveled to Japan where they would live Isak was going to become the new young pastor in Japan As Korean immigrants in Japan Sunja, Isak ...One of the things I like about reading well written historical fiction is that it can take me to another time and place and can be a profound learning experience I knew close to nothing about the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 through WWII Last year I read Tiger Pelt which introduced me to this time in Korea which was horrific in so many ways for the Koreans While this novel begins in a village in Korea, most of the story takes place in various places in Japan, but this is a Korean st One of the things I like about reading well written historical fiction is that it can take me to another time and place and can be a profound learning experience I knew close to nothing about the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 through WWII Last year I read Tiger Pelt which introduced me to this time in Korea which was horrific in so many ways for the Koreans While this novel begins in a village in Korea, most of the story takes place in various places in Japan, but this is a Korean story about four generations of a...Despite this being a 480 pg mini brick of a book, I absolutely flew through Pachinko on two commutes and a night It s a sweeping, multi generational epic of a Korean family, and we follow their collective and individual rises and falls, triumphs and failures, in 19010 1930 in Korea under Japanese occupation, and in Japan from 1930 1989 as expatriates and Zainichi Koreans The characters are memorable, well drawn, and their circumstances and hurdles extremely compelling, from family shame of Despite this being a 480 pg mini brick of a book, I absolutely flew through Pachinko on two commutes and a night It s a sweeping, multi generational epic of a Korean family, and we follow their collective and individual rises and falls, triumphs and failures, in 19010 1930 in Korea under Japanese occupation, and in Japan from 1930 1989 as expatriates and Zainichi Koreans The characters are memorable, well drawn, and their circumstances and hurdles extre...One of the most brilliant and heartbreaking books I have ever read, I would like to thank Min Jin Lee for writing Pachinko and starting my 2018 with this splendid saga Pachinko follows four generations of a Korean family who move to Japan amidst Japanese colonization and political warfare The novel starts with Sunja, the beloved daughter of a poor yet well respected family, whose unplanned pregnancy has the potential to bring great shame upon her life After she learns that the baby s father a One of the most brilliant and heartbreaking books I have ever read, I would like to than...Just having finished this behemoth in the last hour, I want to put a disclaimer first That reading this over a longer period of time than I would usually read a book, even of this length, probably made me MORE analytic than for my usual review Or reaction More critical Because I truly wanted to give it a higher star value I really did But I cannot So don t be scared away from reading it, because I am specific or amused for some of the tangents she took Take it with a grain of salt Espec Just having finished this behemoth in the last hour, I want to put a disclaimer first That reading this over a longer period of time than I would usually read a book, even of this length, probably made me MORE analytic than for my usual review Or reaction More critical Because I truly wanted to give it a higher star value I really did But I cannot So don t be scared away from reading it, because I am specific o...In the sweeping and monolithic Pachinko, Min Jin Lee documents four generations of a Korean family in Japan from 1910 to 1989 First conceived in 1989, Lee worked on this novel for over 25 years and what a masterpiece she has to show for all her work Only really comparable in scope to Zola s Rougon Macquart cycle, Pachinko is an education as well as a flawlessly crafted story It theorises on an ugly aspect of Japanese society and the people who struggle against this open prejudice.What I know In the sweeping and monolithic Pachinko, Min Jin Lee documents four generations of a Korean family in Japan from 1910 to 1989 First conceived in 1989, Lee worked on this novel for over 25 years and what a masterpiece she has to show for all her work Only really comparable in scope to Zola s Rougon Macquart cycle, Pachinko is an education as well as a flawlessly crafted story ...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 How could you get angry at the ones who wanted to be in the game Pachinko was a foolish game, but life was not I hadn t really understood exactly what pachinko was before reading this novel This book and Wikipedia have educated me on the topic The way I envision pachinko is as a cross between a pinball machine and a slot machine It s a gambling game, wherethere 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 How could you get angry at the ones who wanted to be in the game Pachinko was a foolish game, but life was not...

Pachinko
  • English
  • 20 August 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 496 pages
  • Min Jin Lee
  • Pachinko