NEWSポストセブン / January 03, 2021

今年ならミン・ジン・リー『パチンコ』でもいいし、去年ならポン・ジュノの映画『パラサイト』、少し前ならゾンビアニメ『ソウル・ステーションパンデミック』と、韓国の小説や映像に触れる度に思うのは、韓国にはまだ描くべきものが歴然としてある、ということだ。 個人のミニマムな世界では描き得ない歴史やあるいは「格差」などという妙に社会学的な言い方に収めないで「階級」を、ゾンビアニメを以てさえ毅然と描く姿を見る時、「文学」や「映画」を社会が必要としているようでひどく懐かしい。

The NewYork Times / December 30, 2020

I’ve long held to the completely unsupported notion that a protagonist is simpler to write than a truly memorable supporting character. Sometimes just a silhouette — created with a few slashes of the pen, a few charismatic adjectives — seems the more unlikely accomplishment, born out of some surplus wit and energy, some surfeit of love for a fictional world that expresses itself in the desire to animate even its most minor participants.  

The Boston Globe / December 22, 2020

Gatsby believed in the green light. And Min Jin Lee believed so much in "Gatsby" that she green-lighted a request from Penguin Classics. Earlier this year, the publisher asked Lee, writer-in-residence at Amherst College, to introduce F. Scott  

HUFFPOST / January 12, 2021

LITTÉRATURE - “Une histoire puissante sur la résilience et la compassion.” Ces mots, ce sont ceux de Barack Obama à l’égard d’un roman intitulé Pachinko, paru à l’étranger en 2017. Le roman de Min Jin Lee, que l’ancien président des États-Unis a lu sur les conseils d’un de ses employés, a été traduit en français et sort en librairie ce mardi 12 janvier.   

The Lo-Down / December 18, 2019

At this time each year, the New York Public Library shares the top checkouts systemwide and in branch locations across the city. Let’s take a look at what people on the Lower East Side wanted to read in 2019.(..)

Good House Keeping / March 13, 2020

One of the best things about reading is the power of a well-written book to transport you – to give you a window into someone else’s life and an insight into a different world, through a character’s eyes.(..)

HalmetHub / June 27, 2020

Lazy summer days are meant for reading. Even if your beach vacation has turned into a staycation this summer, the slower pace of the season is perfect for diving into a good book. I like to read a mix of books: ones that make me think, ones that distract me, and ones that make me laugh. Here’s a few (all available at your local bookstore) that will be in my bag this summer.

Stylist / July 03, 2020

Update your reading list with books out in summer 2020. What makes a great summer read is a very personal taste: from a trip down memory lane with the classics, finally picking up that doorstopper (The Mirror And The Light, we’re looking at you) or catching up on this year’s must-reads, this is the season to properly lose yourself in your favourite sort of books.

Forbes / June 29, 2020

Goodreads has released their top 10 most popular 2020 debut novels released from February through June of this year, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Culled from the site’s listing of the most popular books published in 2020, the list uses a combination of Goodreads members adding these titles to their “want to read” lists and the books’ number of ratings.

Dazed / July 10, 2020

Juan Felipe Herrera’s poetry paints a portrait of struggle and violence, while Jenny Kleeman reflects on the future of sex, and Eliza Clark’s debut is a dark and twisty comedy