In ‘Pachinko’, a Record of Forgotten Lives

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In ‘Pachinko’, a Record of Forgotten Lives

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Article: https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/news/pachinko-record-forgotten-lives-2001389
Journal: The Daily Star
Issued Date: November 26, 2020
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: -
Book: 파친코
Writer: Lee Min Jin
Translator: LEE Mee-jeong

About the Author

Lee Min Jin
Birth : 1968 ~ -
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Min Jin
Family Name : Lee
Korean Name : 이민진
ISNI : 0000000047748236
Works : 41

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English(English)

Even in the most extraordinary of political times, someone must tend to the crops. Someone must weave clothes for the winter. These everyday tasks fall not to the revolutionaries who earn our tributes but to ordinary folk persevering through wars and famines without recognition. History, says Min Jin Lee in the opening line of Pachinko, has failed them.

Translated Books41 See More

Korean(한국어) Book Available
파친코
Lee Min Jin et al / 이민진 / 2018
English(English) Book Available
Free Food for Millionaires
Lee Min Jin et al / 이민진 / 2017
Italian(Italiano) Book Available
La moglie coreana
Lee Min Jin / 이민진 / 2018