Pachinko
A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations.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...
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A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations.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 fa
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781786691378 (178669137X)
Publish date: 2017-08-03
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Pages no: 537
Edition language: English
"Pachinko" to książka, którą przeczytałam w ramach Klubu Książki American Club Corner. To opowieść, której tłem jest między innymi najazd Japonii na Koreę i wojna w Mandżurii, a także obrazująca życie Koreańczyków żyjących w Japonii. Ta historia, opowiada losy wielopokoleniowej rodziny. Przyglądamy ...
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