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reshmasham 's review for:
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko is an extraordinary novel. Min Jin Lee’s prose is deceptively simple and straightforward while unearthing the complexity of history, oppression, and psychology. This book is so moving and beautiful. I hadn’t previously been aware of the struggles of Koreans in Japan during World War II and beyond, and Lee carefully presents this history within the context of one family’s multi-generational losses, suffering, and successes. It is no surprise that Pachinko is under consideration for the National Book Award. A devastating, important, and gorgeous novel.