Min Jin Lee's 2017 multigenerational saga following a Korean family in Japan across four generations — from colonial Korea through 20th century Japan — exploring identity, discrimination, sacrifice, and belonging for Zainichi Koreans.
Creates the definitive literary account of Zainichi Korean experience — Pachinko's multigenerational scope and emotional weight give the largely invisible history of Koreans in Japan a human face and a place in world literature.
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