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SINGAPORE - Korean-American novelist Min Jin Lee has two things she wants to do in Singapore: eat laksa and research tuition centres.

Lee, who turns 51 this year, is examining attitudes towards education around the world for her third novel, American Hagwon. A hagwon is the Korean term for a private learning centre or cram school.

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Pachinko
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PachinkoMin Jin Lee

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2018

* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * One of the New York Times's 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book ... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for...
[Audio Book] Free Food for Millionaires
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[Audio Book] Free Food for Millionaires

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2020

In this One Book, One New York 2019 nominee from the author of National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, the Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants strives to join Manhattan's inner circle. Meet Casey Han: a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a...
Ein einfaches Leben: Roman
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Ein einfaches Leben: Roman

Susanne Hobel
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2018

»Eine überwältigende Geschichte über Widerstandsfähigkeit und Mitgefühl.« Barack Obama Sunja und ihre Söhne leben als koreanische Einwanderer in Japan wie Menschen zweiter Klasse. Während Sunja versucht, sich abzufinden, fordern Noa und Mozasu ihr Schicksal heraus. Der eine schafft es an die besten...
[Audio Book] Ein einfaches Leben
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- Audiobook
[Audio Book] Ein einfaches Leben

Susanne Hobel
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2018

Ein Epos über Liebe, Opfer, Ambition und Loyalität, umwerfend erzählt und zutiefst ergreifend Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts erliegt die jugendliche Sunja, geliebte Tochter eines koreanischen Fischers, dem Charme eines reichen Fremden. Er verspricht ihr die Welt, aber sie lässt sich nicht kaufen; als...
Marilyn and Me
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Marilyn and MeJi-min Lee

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2019

'A beautifully woven page turner' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz A gripping and heartwrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating – and timely – insight into an extraordinary time and place How do you translate the...
Free Food for Millionaires
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Free Food for MillionairesMin Jin Lee

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2007

NPR Fresh Air Top Ten Books of the Year USA Today Top Ten Books of the Year The Times (London) Top Ten Books of the Year The nationally bestselling, "ambitious and compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) American story of class, society and identity. The daughter of Korean immigrants,...
Pachinko
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PachinkoMin Jin Lee

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2017

November 21, 2016 Lee’s ( Free Food for Millionaires ) latest novel is a sprawling and immersive historical work that tells the tale of one Korean family’s search for belonging, exploring questions of history, legacy, and identity across four generations. In the Japanese-occupied Korea of the 1910s...

Translated Books (5)

ΠΑΤΣΙΝΚΟ
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ΠΑΤΣΙΝΚΟ

Greece
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Lee Min-Jin
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이민진
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2018
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

ΓΙΟΝΓΚΝΤΟ, ΚΟΡΕΑ, 1911. Σε ένα μικρό ψαροχώρι στην ακτή της Ανατολικής θάλασσας, ένας ψαράς παντρεύεται ένα δεκαπεντάχρονο κορίτσι. Το φτωχό ζευγάρι φέρνει στον κόσμο μια κόρη, την πολύτιμή τους...
Ein einfaches Leben
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- German
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Ein einfaches Leben

Germany
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Min Jin Lee
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이민진
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2018
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

Der Bestseller aus den USA Sunja und ihre Söhne leben als koreanische Einwanderer in Japan wie Menschen zweiter Klasse. Während Sunja versucht, sich abzufinden, fordern Noa und Mozasu ihr Schicksal...
La moglie coreana
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La moglie coreana

Italy
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Min Jin Lee
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이민진
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2018
/ Literature - Korean literature - Contemporary fiction

«Potevano esserci solo pochi vincitori, accanto a molti perdenti. Eppure noi continuavamo a giocare.» Corea, anni Trenta. Quando Sunja sale sul battello che la porterà a Osaka, in Giappone, verso una...
Free Food for Millionaires
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- English
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Free Food for Millionaires

U.S.A.
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Min Jin Lee
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이민진
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2017
/ Literature - English and American literatures - Fiction

The Times (London) Top Ten Books of the Year The nationally bestselling, "ambitious and compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) American story of class, society and identity. The daughter of...
Pachinko
- Book
- English
- Available
- Purchase
Pachinko

U.S.A.
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Min-Jin Lee
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이민진
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2017
/ Literature - English and American literatures - Fiction

In this bestselling, 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. "There could only...

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An undiscovered library: My wife’s books
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An undiscovered library: My wife’s books

The Washington Post
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July 10, 2020

It was early April, and I needed a good book to read. Libraries and bookstores had gone dark. So I did the unthinkable: I turned to my own bookshelves. My bookshelves always get me down. Yes, they contain old favorites, but interspersed among them are books I got as gifts but whose spines I’ve...
“Pachinko” and “Crazy Rich Asians” Were Top Library Checkouts on the LES in 2019
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“Pachinko” and “Crazy Rich Asians” Were Top Library Checkouts on the LES in 2019

The Lo-Down
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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.(..)
Our critics' favorite Japanese books of the decade
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Our critics' favorite Japanese books of the decade

Japan
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The Japan Times
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November 2, 2019

As 2020 approaches, The Japan Times’ book reviewers look back at a decade of literature and their favorite and most impactful books written about Japan or by Japanese writers.
RECENZE: Bez práce nejsou koláče. Jedině tak může korejská rodina žít důstojně
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RECENZE: Bez práce nejsou koláče. Jedině tak může korejská rodina žít důstojně

Czech
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EuroZprávy
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September 4, 2019

RECENZE - Román Pačinko je jímavou sondou do života rodiny chudých Korejců , kteří v první polovině 20. století zavítali do Japonska. Jejich existence je v nové zemi ohrožena společenskými a politickými rozdíly. Kniha je mimo jiné finalistou ceny The National Book Award a bestsellerem The New York...
Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko: A novel of 20th century Korea and Japan—“History has failed us, but no matter”
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Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko: A novel of 20th century Korea and Japan—“History has failed us, but no matter”

World Socialist Web Site
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January 7, 2019

Pachinko is the second novel by Korean-American author Min Jin Lee (born 1968). The New York Times ranked it as one of the 10 best books of 2017. Apple Inc. bought the screen rights and plans to oversee the production of a television series based on the book.

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E-Book (7)

PachinkoMin Jin Lee

[Audio Book] Free Food for Millionaires

Ein einfaches Leben: Roman

[Audio Book] Ein einfaches Leben

Marilyn and MeJi-min Lee

Free Food for MillionairesMin Jin Lee

PachinkoMin Jin Lee

Translated Books (5)

ΠΑΤΣΙΝΚΟ

Ein einfaches Leben

La moglie coreana

Free Food for Millionaires

Pachinko

News from Abroad (53)

An undiscovered library: My wife’s books

“Pachinko” and “Crazy Rich Asians” Were Top Library Checkouts on the LES in 2019

Our critics' favorite Japanese books of the decade

RECENZE: Bez práce nejsou koláče. Jedině tak může korejská rodina žít důstojně

Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko: A novel of 20th century Korea and Japan—“History has failed us, but no matter”

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2010 제3회 세계작가축제 Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2010

2010 Seoul International Writers' Festival Republic of Korea / Literature Translation Institute of Korea / 2010