![]() It takes us through 20th century Korea and Japan, providing an intimate view to the events that took place at that time, through the eyes of those not in power during wars. The novel is an intricate historical family saga that focuses on four generations of a Korean family. I’d never thought that the pachinko can become so complex and deep-a metaphor for the lives of many who live like the steel balls bouncing around pins that may or may not have been tweaked and the players hoping for good luck although misfortune is more common than fortune. After that, I never heard or saw of another pachinko until Min Jin Lee’s novel came out. ![]() ![]() The homestay owner talked a bit about how pachinko works but I wasn’t really paying attention, too caught up in the city and it’s people blurring by. It stood out against the other buildings because of many large LED signs. ![]() I remember being excited over those McDonald’s delivery bikes we sometimes see in anime, and then, this large, rectangular building caught my eye. The first time I came across “pachinko” was during a little tour around Tokyo where the owner of the homestay I was boarding in, drove us around the city. ![]() Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Asian Literature ![]()
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