Beschreibung
This is a captivating book ... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family faces 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.
Information
Author: Lee Min Jin
Publication date: 9. Januar 2020
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Historical novels in english, Fiction in english, English novels
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 560
ISBN/EAN: 9781838930509