Bibliograph

P'ach'ink'o, Yi Min Jin chiŭm ; Yi Mi-jŏng omgim, 1

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P'ach'ink'o, Yi Min Jin chiŭm ; Yi Mi-jŏng omgim, 1

Language

kor

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

P'ach'ink'o파친코.

Oclc number

1048006957

Responsibility statement

Yi Min Jin chiŭm ; Yi Mi-jŏng omgim이✹✹✹✹✹; 이✹✹✹✹✹

Summary

A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations., PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity

Target audience

adult

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