Name: Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) (in English)
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Author: Min Jin Lee
ISBN: 9781455563937

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Min Jin Lee

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.2 x 4.0 cm

Weight

0.72 kg.

ISBN13

9781455563937

Edition No.

Synopsis "Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) (in English)"

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN OF THE YEAR * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 *A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington PostNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLERIn this gorgeous, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew. "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." 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. *Includes reading group guide*

Min Jin Lee

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Min Jin Lee es una escritora y periodista coreana-americana. Su primera novela, Comida gratis para millonarios, fue una de las «10 Mejores Novelas del Año» para el The Times, NPR’s Fresh Air y USA Today. Ha escrito para New York Times, Condé Nast, The Times, Vogue y Wall Street Journal, entre otros. Lee es miembro del Salón de la Fama de la Fundación de las Artes de Nueva York y del Salón de la Fama de los Escritores del Estado de Nueva York. Es escritora residente en Amherst College y se desempeña como fideicomisaria de PEN America y directora del Authors Guild.

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