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Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee · 2017

Literary Fiction · ranked #14 in category

Beginning in early 20th-century Korea, Pachinko follows four generations of a Korean family through their migration to Japan and the systematic discrimination they face as zainichi Koreans — banned from most professions, denied citizenship in the only country their children have ever known. Lee's saga of survival, sacrifice and the pachinko parlours that became one of the few open routes to prosperity was a National Book Award finalist.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2017 · 2010s
Author
Min Jin Lee
Standing
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