Pachinko

* 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.

‘If proof were needed that one family’s story can be the story
of the whole world, then Pachinko offers that proof. Min Jin Lee’s
novel is gripping from start to finish, crossing cultures and generations
with breathtaking power... a stunning achievement, full of heart,
full of grace, full of truth.’

Erica Wagner

‘Luminous... a powerful meditation on what immigrants sacrifice
to achieve a home in the world. Pachinko confirms Lee’s place among
our finest novelists.’

Junot Díaz

‘This extraordinary book will prove a revelation of joy and heartbreak.
I could not stop turning the pages, and wished this most poignant of
sagas would never end.’

Simon Winchester

‘A deep, broad, addictive history of a Korean family in Japan
enduring and prospering through the 20th century.’

David Mitchell

‘Astounding. The sweep of Dickens and Tolstoy applied to a 20th
century Korean family in Japan.’

Gary Shteyngart

‘A great book, a passionate story, a novel of magisterial sweep. It’s also fiendishly readable... and probably the best book of the year.’

Darin Strauss

‘Elegant, soulful, intimate and sweeping... a big, beautiful book
filled with characters I rooted for and cared about and remembered
after I’d read the final page.’

Kate Christensen