Pachinko

The New York Times Bestseller

by Min Jin Lee

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Pub Date Feb 23 2017 | Archive Date Sep 12 2017

HarperCollins Publishers Australia | Apollo

General Fiction (Adult)

Description

* The million-copy bestseller*
* National Book Award finalist *
* One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 *
* Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club *

'This is a captivating book ... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA.

Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-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, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.

Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival.

* The million-copy bestseller*
* National Book Award finalist *
* One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 *
* Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club *

'This is a captivating...

A Note From the Publisher

THIS VERSION IS NOT FINAL

Advance Praise

PRAISE• “I could not stop turning the pages, and wished this most poignant of sagas would never end. Min Jin Lee displays a tenderness and wisdom ideally matched to an unforgettable tale that she relates just perfectly” Simon Winchester, author of Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles• "Luminous... a powerful meditation on what immigrants sacrifice to achieve a home in the world." JUNOT DIAZ• "Gripping... Pachinko is a stunning achievement, full of heart, full of grace, full of truth." ERICA WAGNER• "The sweep of Dickens and Tolstoy applied to a twentieth-century Korean family in Japan." GARY SHTEYNGART• "A deep, broad, addictive history of a Korean family in Japan enduring and prospering through the 20th century" DAVID MITCHELL• "An old-fashioned epic whose simple, captivating storytelling delivers both wisdom and truth" - Kirkus

Marketing Plan

EPIC FAMILY SAGA• A sweeping chronicle of one family's hard-won successes and devastating losses in a rich cultural context, in the vein of Jhumpa Lahiri's LOWLAND• Follows the story of a Korean family in Japan from 1930-1981• From acclaimed author of FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES • Timely exploration of immigrant experience in Japan• For fans of THE LUMINARIES and WILD SWANS• Review coverage in major literary media, national broadsheets and online• Excellent pre-publication reviews from major authors and influencers

Available Editions

EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781786691361
PRICE	£14.99 (GBP)
PAGES	480

Pachinko

The New York Times Bestseller

by Min Jin Lee

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