Min Jin Lee

A Victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations. Busan, Korea 1911: A club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fteen-year-old beauty. 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.

Pachinko

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST PACHINKO New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceNPR Fresh Air Top Ten Books of the YearUSA Today Top Ten Books of the YearThe Times (London) Top Ten Books of the Year In her critically acclaimed debut, National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee introduces the indelible Casey Han: a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants who is addicted to a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she cannot afford. Fresh out of Princeton with an economics degree, no job, and a popular white boyfriend, Casey is determined to carve a space for herself in the glittering world she craves-but at what cost? Lee's bestselling, sharp-eyed, sweeping epic of love, greed, and hunger-set in a landscape where millionaires scramble for the free lunches the poor are too proud to accept-is an addictively readable, startlingly sympathetic portrait of intergenerational strife and immigrant struggle, exposing the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways in a city packed with haves and have-nots.

Free Food for Millionaires

The Best Girls

In this "mesmerizing" novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pachinko, the Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants strives to join Manhattan's inner circle (USA Today). Meet Casey Han: a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. Casey is eager to make it on her own, away from the judgements of her parents' tight-knit community, but she soon finds that her Princeton economics degree isn't enough to rid her of ever-growing credit card debt and a toxic boyfriend. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to carve a space for herself in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth-but at what cost? Set in a city where millionaires scramble for the free lunches the poor are too proud to accept, this sharp-eyed epic of love, greed, and ambition is a compelling portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility. Addictively readable, Min Jin Lee's bestselling debut Free Food for Millionaires exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways in a city packed with haves and have-nots. Includes a Reading Group Guide.

Livro narra a saga de três gerações de imigrantes coreanos no Japão do século XX e foi recomendado por Barack Obama No início dos anos 1900, a adolescente Sunja, filha adorada de um pescador aleijado, apaixona-se perdidamente por um rico forasteiro na costa perto de sua casa, na Coreia. Esse homem promete o mundo a ela, mas, quando descobre que está grávida ― e que seu amado é casado ―, Sunja se recusa a ser comprada. Em vez disso, aceita o pedido de casamento de um homem gentil e doente, um pastor que está de passagem pelo vilarejo, rumo ao Japão. A decisão de abandonar o lar e rejeitar o poderoso pai de seu filho dá início a uma saga dramática que se desdobrará ao longo de gerações por quase cem anos. Neste romance movido pelas batalhas enfrentadas por imigrantes, os salões de pachinko ― o jogo de caça-níqueis onipresente em todo o Japão ― são o ponto de convergência das preocupações centrais da história: identidade, pátria e pertencimento. Para a população coreana no Japão, discriminada e excluída — como Sunja e seus descendentes —, os salões são o principal meio de conseguir trabalho e tentar acumular algum dinheiro. Uma grande história de amor, Pachinko é também um tributo aos sacrifícios, à ambição e à lealdade de milhares de estrangeiros desterrados. Das movimentadas ruas dos mercados aos corredores das mais prestigiadas universidades do Japão, passando pelos salões de aposta do submundo do crime, os personagens complexos e passionais deste livro sobrevivem e tentam prosperar, indiferentes ao grande arco da história.

Yeongdo, Korea, 1911.

Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she's pregnant - and that her lover is married - she refuses to be bought. Facing ruin, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing through on his way to Japan. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends Sunja will be forced to make some difficult choices. Her decisions will echo through the decades.

Spanning nearly 100 years of history, Pachinko is an unforgettable story of love, sacrifice, ambition and loyalty told through four generations of one family. 

Pachinko - Target Club Pick

La moglie coreana

Ein einfaches Leben

Tentang Penulis Min Jin Lee adalah seorang penulis Korea-Amerika yang karyanya sering membahas topik Korea-Amerika. Ia adalah penulis dari novel yang berjudul Free Food for Millionaires (2007) dan Pachinko (2017). Deskripsi Produk Pachinko adalah novel kedua oleh penulis Korea - Amerika Min Jin Lee. Novel ini diterbitkan pada tahun 2017. Pachinko adalah novel sejarah epik yang mengisahkan tentang sebuah keluarga Korea yang akhirnya berimigrasi ke Jepang. Kisah berbasis karakter menampilkan kumpulan besar karakter yang menjadi sasaran masalah rasisme dan stereotip, di antara peristiwa lain dengan asal-usul sejarah dalam pengalaman Korea abad ke-20 dengan Jepang. Pachinko adalah finalis tahun 2017 untuk Penghargaan Buku Nasional untuk fiksi. Layanan streaming Apple Inc. Apple TV+ telah membeli hak adaptasi televisi dari novel tersebut. Sinopsis Saat itu kolonisasi Jepang atas Korea. Kim Sunja hamil di luar nikah. Ia putri pemilik pemondokan di desa nelayan kecil dekat Busan. Gadis itu diselamatkan takdir ketika rohaniwan muda, Baek Isak, bersedia menikahi dan memboyongnya ke Jepang. Di negeri asing tempat para imigran Korea menggantungkan harapan inilah Sunja memulai kehidupan baru. Tanpa teman, kerabat, dan bahasa yang dimengertinya, ditambah lagi masalah diskriminasi, Sunja harus menghadapi kehidupan keras. Jepang ternyata bukanlah surga. Jepang bukan juga tempat yang damai dan penuh kesempatan seperti yang digembar - gemborkan. Dituturkan dalam rentang waktu delapan puluh tahun dan empat generasi, Pachinko merupakan kisah yang luar biasa mengenai cinta, pencarian identitas sebagai manusia, kematian, dan cara bertahan hidup. Jenis Cover : Soft Cover

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“Without stories, we cannot live well,” shares guest editor Min Jin Lee, describing how storytelling affects and nurtures readers. The Best American Short Stories 2023 features twenty pieces of short fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope. A lifelong friendship may become a casualty of the Russia-Ukraine war. Rejected by his lover, a man seeks to reconcile with his family. Twitter users miraculously muster enough empathy to help a lost cat find a forever home. Enlightening, poignant, and undeniably human, the stories in this anthology bravely confront societal darkness and offer, in Lee’s words, “our emotional truths, restoring our sanity and providing comfort for the days ahead.” The Best American Short Stories 2023 includes Cherline Bazile • Maya Binyam • Tom Bissell • Taryn Bowe • Da-Lin • Benjamin Ehrlich• Sara Freeman • Lauren Groff • Nathan Harris • Jared Jackson • Sana Krasikov • Danica Li • Ling Ma • Manuel Muñoz • Joanna Pearson • Souvankham Thammavongsa • Kosiso Ugwueze • Corinna Vallianatos • Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi • Esther Yi

The Best American Short Stories 2023

De oudste dochter van een naar Amerika gevlucht Koreaans arbeidersgezin, die daar afstudeert aan de universiteit van Princeton, worstelt met de verschillen tussen haar moderne leven en de tradities van haar ouders.

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L’histoire nous a failli, mais qu’importe. Début des années 1930. Dans un petit village coréen, la jeune Sunja se laisse séduire par les belles paroles et tendres attentions d’un riche étranger. Lorsqu’elle découvre qu’elle est enceinte et que son amant est déjà marié, elle est confrontée à un choix : devenir, comme tant d’autres jeunes femmes dans sa situation, une seconde épouse, une « épouse coréenne » ou couvrir sa famille de déshonneur. Elle choisira une troisième voie : le mariage avec Isak, un pasteur chrétien qu’elle connaît à peine et qui lui offre une nouvelle existence au Japon. Cette décision est le point de départ d’un douloureux exil qui s’étendra sur huit décennies et quatre générations. Avec une justesse historique remarquable et une écriture précise et dépouillée, Min Jin Lee nous offre, à travers un siècle de relations nipp-ocoréennes, un hymne intime et poignant à tous les sacrifices que font les immigrés pour trouver leur place en pays étrangers. « UN VÉRITABLE HOMMAGE AUX GENS QUE L’HISTOIRE SEMBLE DÉTERMINÉE À EFFACER. » - The Guardian Née à Séoul, Min Jin Lee a immigré aux États-Unis avec sa famille à l’âge de sept ans. Elle a également vécu à Tokyo, où elle a écrit Pachinko, son deuxième roman. Elle vit aujourd’hui à New York. Finaliste du National Book Award en 2017, Pachinko s’est immédiatement hissé au rang de bestseller international et est resté plus d’un an en tête des ventes du New York Times. Il a été traduit dans 30 langues et est en cours d’adaptation cinématographique.

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