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Pachinko

(2017)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2018 ALA Notable Books for Adults (nominee)
2017 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist)

One of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

In this
New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan.

‘Stunning.’ —
New York Times Book Review

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—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. 

Profoundly moving,
Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER

Includes a reading group guide!


Genre: Literary Fiction

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