Pachinko

746 pages

English language

Published 2017

ISBN:
978-1-4555-6949-6
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OCLC Number:
951764719

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Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity.

12 editions

Subjects

  • Koreans
  • Spouses of clergy
  • Unmarried mothers
  • Families
  • Social life and customs
  • Large type books
  • Fiction

Places

  • Japan
  • Korea