Pachinko
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Narrated by:
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Allison Hiroto
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By:
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Min Jin Lee
About this listen
Yeongdo, Korea - 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a 15-year-old girl. The couple have one child: their beloved daughter, Sunja.
When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then, Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends and no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-21
amazing
it was one of the best in every possible sense. story, performance. I was hooked.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-11-22
Great book
Great book, great voice narrator. Highly recommended for anyone who wants an insight into the complexities of being an “other” in any society.
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- mandarin
- 25-12-22
A brilliant listen
A book that you resist to put down. Finished it in a week during housework.
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- Vicuña
- 04-05-23
Mesmerising
I was really pulled into this saga. Multigenerational and filled with memorable characters. I was unaware of the nature of the relationship between Japan and Korea and the historical basis proved a compelling backdrop as it shaped events and the characters. Well narrated and fascinating.
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- Giovana Pezzi
- 17-04-23
beautiful book
I really enjoyed this book, it's a beautiful story spanning a few generations.
the narrative is great
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- M.Jones
- 03-11-23
Very good full of feelings
I really enjoyed this book and learnt a lot about the relationship of Japanese and Koreans, the sense of pride, respect and feelings. Very sad parts and the end very calmed.
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- Elakiya
- 27-12-23
Narrator could have done with a bit of googling
Listened to it half way but think I will read it myself instead because the narrator mispronounces a lot of the Korean words written in the book. Kind of annoying to listen to really. The least she could have done is google how to pronounce it before narrating them but no she just blatantly mispronounces it. So annoying to listen to. Otherwise, the story is great. So far.
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- xBethyboox
- 10-12-24
Very eye opening!
I didn’t even know that the Korean people had such a hard time in Japan, even though this is just a story about ONE family and their journey, it was so interesting to hear all about the cultures of the each place and how they intermingled and the struggles the people were going through alongside the war, I also cried at the end and I don’t even know why, something about these characters clearly made a deeper impression than I realised! I’d definitely recommend it, it’s an easy read and the characters are very relatable and the history and culture is really interesting and worth hearing!
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- Gary J Mitchell
- 18-10-19
Long but Compelling
I cared for the characters and learned a lot listening to this book. Well narrated.
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- Padraig
- 27-02-23
Great Narration
I enjoyed listening to this narration very much. The narrator bought the characters to life very well.
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