![]() ![]() I would recommend the book because of how well the author handles the topic of immigration. But life does not become easy with the war, culture clashes and identity crisis. The couple move to Osaka, Japan to start a new life. In order to save the family honour, Sunja’s mother welcomes a proposal by Pastor Baek who thinks marrying Sunja is a way of repaying the kindness that Sunja and her mother showed him when he was ill. Sunja is a young girl blindly in love with Hansu, an older Japanese man, She is deserted by her lover when she gets pregnant. Pachinko spans over four generations, beginning in Korea in 1900’s. It was a pleasant surprise for me to find it out and so will it be for you if you pick up the read. What is pachinko? I am not going to give you the answer either. I bet you are thinking the same question that I thought of when I read the title. Pachinko is a multi generational saga that throws light into the plight of immigrants of Korean descent who stay in Japan. ![]()
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