Pachinko
Paperback - 512 pages
In thisĆ New York TimesĆ bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century JapanĆ¢ā¬āthe inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+.
Ć In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnantĆ¢ā¬āand that her lover is marriedĆ¢ā¬āshe 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,Ć PachinkoĆ is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.Ć
*Includes reading group guide*
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 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE
Ć Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post
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Paperback - 512 pages
In thisĆ New York TimesĆ bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century JapanĆ¢ā¬āthe inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+.
Ć In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnantĆ¢ā¬āand that her lover is marriedĆ¢ā¬āshe 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,Ć PachinkoĆ is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.Ć
*Includes reading group guide*
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 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE
Ć Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post
