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Pachinko

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    Running Time: 18:30 hrs
    Narrator: Allison Hiroto
    Publisher:
    Hachette Audio, 2017
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Lee, Min Jin
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2017
    Summary:

    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.

    Genre:
    Domestic fiction, Historical fiction
    Subject(s): Families | Japan | Korea | Koreans | Manners and customs | Spouses of clergy | Unmarried mothers
    Original Publisher: [New York], Hachette Book Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781478945482, 1478945486, 9781478967439, 1478967439