{"product_id":"pachinko-national-book-award-finalist","title":"Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) by Min Jin Lee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, \u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary epic of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE \u003ci\u003ePBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK CLUB \u003ci\u003eNOW READ THIS \u003c\/i\u003e* FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * #1 \u003ci\u003eBOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER * \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and that her lover is married--she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes reading group guide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stunning... Despite the compelling sweep of time and history, it is the characters and their tumultuous lives that propel the narrative... A compassionate, clear gaze at the chaotic landscape of life itself. In this haunting epic tale, no one story seems too minor to be briefly illuminated. Lee suggests that behind the facades of wildly different people lie countless private desires, hopes and miseries, if we have the patience and compassion to look and listen.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In 1930s Korea, an earnest young woman, abandoned by the lover who has gotten her pregnant, enters into a marriage of convenience that will take her to a new life in Japan. Thus begins Lee's luminous new novel PACHINKO--a powerful meditation on what immigrants sacrifice to achieve a home in the world. PACHINKO confirms Lee's place among our finest novelists.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This Is How You Lose Her\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A deep, broad, addictive history of a Korean family in Japan enduring and prospering through the 20th century.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Mitchell, Guardian, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Astounding. The sweep of Dickens and Tolstoy applied to a 20th century Korean family in Japan. Min Jin Lee's PACHINKO tackles all the stuff most good novels do \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003efamily, love, cabbage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut it also asks questions that have never been more timely. What does it mean to be part of a nation? And what can one do to escape its tight, painful, familiar bonds?\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Little Failure and Super Sad True Love Story\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Both for those who love Korea, as well as for those who know no more than Hyundai, Samsung and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ekimchi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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. Min Jin Lee displays a tenderness and wisdom ideally matched to an unforgettable tale that she relates just perfectly.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Korea: A Walk through the Land of Miracles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMin Jin Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e is a recipient of fellowships in Fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation (2018) and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard (2018-2019). Her novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the Medici Book Club Prize, and one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e' \"Ten Best Books of 2017.\" A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was also one of the \"Ten Best Books\" of the year for BBC and the New York Public Library, and a \"best international fiction\" pick for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In total, it was on over seventy-five best books of the year lists, including NPR, PBS, and CNN, and it was a selection for Now Read This \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe joint book club of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will be translated into twenty-seven languages. Lee's debut novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Food for Millionaires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2007) was one of the best books of the year for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof London, NPR's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and it was a national bestseller. Her writings have appeared in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, NPR's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Story,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian, Cond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNast Traveler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof London \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLee served three consecutive seasons as a Morning Forum columnist of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChosun Ilbo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of South Korea. In 2018, she was named as one of Adweek's Creative 100 for being one of the \"ten writers and editors who are changing the national conversation,\" and one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's Frederick Douglass 200. She received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Monmouth College. 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