Pachinko
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Narrated by:
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Allison Hiroto
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By:
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Min Jin Lee
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Yeongdo, Korea - 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a 15-year-old girl. The couple have one child: their beloved daughter, Sunja.
When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then, Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends and no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.
©2017 Min Jin Lee (P)2017 Hachette AudioWhat listeners say about Pachinko
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- Aaron Young
- 05-12-21
A really lovely and insightful story
The story is beautiful, moving and insightful
Coving topics of racism, sacrifice, forgiveness and friendship it is well worth reading
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- Mahsa
- 01-01-24
nice story
It gave me a glimpse into lives of koreans under japanese ruling era and after that. You feel like like you are there standing next to characters of the story.
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- Ando
- 09-01-19
Hopeful and Despairing!
The novel reflects the resilience of the human spirit and of the role of family to sustain the individual person. I almost stopped reading after Noah's suicide but life goes on. We navigate life despite the evil and bigotry that surrounds us because there is also decency and compassion even if it is limited to our small circles.
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- Nwabisa Bangeni
- 11-09-21
The tenuous threads of families
Min Jin Lee's Pachinko delves into the impact of the political on the personal, the implication of one into the other, and the impossibility of separating the two. The story required of me to leave judgment at the door, and to be persuaded by cultural convictions that are different from mine. I also found the patience to understand and to accept the deep flaws of some characters. If read as the story of a family over the years, then the temporal leaps and character-hopping will not be frustrating. The family lives through many historically significant moments, but the novels dwells on the intimate rather than spectacular. We get to witness the impact of war and strife on the individual lives; we have read in other records how Japan and Korea were affected on a larger scale by the wars, but the novel spells out what the minutes, hours and days of those times meant for families. It is a story of becoming, transitions and the tenuous threads that knit people into families. I enjoyed Allison Hiroto's performance and reading; her voice brought softness into this world of unrelenting challenges, and mediated my experience of it. Having read other reviews, I think readers' preferences and expectations determine the type of encounter one has with the novel. I found it utterly compelling.
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- Ronesh Rampersad
- 07-14-22
Incredible journey into Korean/Japanese history
This was my first historical fiction novel, coming from a sci-fi, horror and thriller background. So I can't really compare it to other historical fiction novels or Asian authors. Having said that, my wife has read countless historical fiction novels and she thoroughly enjoyed it. For me, it is an eye-opening take on the early colonisation of Korea by Japan and the hardships endured by the Korean people, both in Korea and Japan, spanning a few generations. The story reads like a bit like a fable (not sure if that's a good or bad thing), but overall, a very well-rounded story. There's obviously a lot of research that went into the novel, so there's a great deal to learn about the early 20th century history in Korea/Japan. Very enjoyable, with some sad bits in between. There are some negative reviews out there, but rather read/listen to the book before you judge.
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- Deep Kalra
- 09-17-22
Riveting read!
A beautiful portrayal of a rags to riches story of a Korean family across 4 generations; right though colonial Japanese rule, both the World Wars, to modern day Japanese-Korean relationship.
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- Karina
- 05-28-23
I don’t know what else to say
Holy shit. Just…..holy shit. I felt so sad for this family and all the hardships they went through. I know the Japanese were terrible towards the Koreans during that time, but I’ve never properly read or heard about it, so this was interesting but also incredibly sad and infuriating.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-06-19
Captivating and Informative
loved how she weaves multigenerational stories in a way that makes sense and informative.
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- Alyssa M.
- 06-15-23
interesting.
I liked the storyline and narration. however I feel like the narrator could have atleast tried to pronounce some of the Korean phrases better.
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