{"product_id":"pachinko-national-book-award-finalist-9781455563937","title":"Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A N\u003ci\u003eEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN OF THE YEAR * \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 *A \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN OF 2017 * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJULY PICK FOR THE \u003ci\u003ePBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK CLUB \u003ci\u003eNOW READ THIS * \u003c\/i\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003ci\u003e * #1 BOSTON GLOBE \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003ci\u003e * USA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER * \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this gorgeous, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant--and that her lover is married--she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly told and profoundly moving, \u003cem\u003ePachinko\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters--strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis--survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e*Includes reading group guide\u003c\/i\u003e* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica} span.s1 {font-kerning: none}\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455563937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.38w x 1.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2016 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2016 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Min Jin Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651675582620,"sku":"9781455563937","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3ebd9deb-ee6f-430b-8f57-b19e9d2308e3.jpg?v=1603878112","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pachinko-national-book-award-finalist-9781455563937","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}