Pachinko

By: Min Jin Lee

Narrated by: Allison Hiroto

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 Audio

amazing

Best book I have listened to. Highly recommended. what an incredible story and expertly performed. Great!

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.

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

What a journey!

Pachinko is now one of my top 10 books. it was so easy to follow the journey of all the characters through the years. I learnt a lot about Korea and Japan and am now very interested in learning more. Great character development and storyline.

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.