Pachinko(2017) by Min Jin Lee is my second Cannonball Bingo entry. I am usingPachinkoto fill the “Uncannon” entry–a booknotwritten by an old, white man. Min Jin Lee is a woman who was born in South Korea before moving to the United States at age seven. Even better, her book i...
Lee’s debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was one of the “Top 10 Novels of the Year” for The Times (London), NPR’s Fresh Air, and USA Today. Her second novel, Pachinko, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace ...
My first book by this author and I really loved her writing. Here is my book review of Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. An epic story of the life of Sunja a young Korean teenager living on a tiny island off the coast of Busan, Korea. Pachinko chronicles her extraordinary life of survival. I...
Best Historical Fiction: Pachinko, Min Jin Lee Brief description:A family saga, following generations of a Korean family through the 1900s and beyond, as they are eventually displaced to Japan. What I loved:Exquisitely written, Min Jin Lee transports readers to a series of different places and ...
Pachinkoby Min Jin Lee: A powerful, multi-generational family drama set in Korea and Japan. This 500-page book took up most of my reading time this week! I’ll post a review in the next few days, I hope. Fresh Catch: Nada! No book purchases this week. ...
We also saw exceptional sales from our backlist, notably Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, Jen Sincero’s You Are a Badass, Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette, and Admiral William McRaven’s Make Your Bed. Downloadable audio continued its steady upward trend...
PachinkobyMin Jin Lee: A sweeping look at four generations of a Korean family who immigrates to Japan after Japan’s 1910 annexation of Korea, from the author ofFree Food for Millionaires.Junot Díazsays “Pachinkoconfirms Lee’s place among our finest novelists.” (Lydia) ...
7. Pachinko by Min Jin LeeGreat read suggested by Betsy Berry @tanukibetsy . Thanks Betsy!Currently Reading:A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. MaasPlan to Read:Inheritance by Christopher PaoliniBeautiful Country: a Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang 5 Give Geek...
designed to stay in the reader’s mind and leave them to reflect, you can submit here. These kinds of books, thoughtful but engrossing, are typically labelled ‘bookclub’ in the publishing industry. Examples includeSORROW AND BLISSby Meg Mason,PACHINKOby Min Jin Lee andLONG ISLANDby Colm ...
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