Min Jin Lee Knihy

* 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 identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea 1911. In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-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, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja's salvation is just the beginning of her story. Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinkois an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival.

**FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF PACHINKO** 'This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel..' The Times 'Exquisitely evoked.' USA Today 'Ambitious and accomplished.' New York Times 'Could have been penned by Austen herself.' Daily Mail 'An insight into the secret world of Korean America.' Observer Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to make her way in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth - but at what cost? This sharp-eyed epic exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways - a portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility - set against the glimmering backdrop of late-twentieth-century New York City. Praise for Min Jin Lee: 'Powerful.' Barack Obama 'A masterpiece.' John Boyne 'Deep, broad, addictive.' David Mitchell 'Luminous... powerful.' Junot Díaz 'Eye-opening.' The Times

A young woman is torn between her Korean heritage and American upbringing. Min Jin Lee's acclaimed debut novel.

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Min Jin Lee, author of the highly acclaimed National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.

'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

A compact reference book covering five major themes - Earth and the universe, biology, society, science and technology, and the humanities. Coverage ranges from potted biographies of actors to details of satellites and rocket launches.

어디에도 속하지 못했던 자이니치들의 도전과 생존의 역사 『파친코』는 ‘역사가 우리를 망쳐 놨지만 그래도 상관없다.’라는 강렬한 문장으로 시작된다. 이 소설은 내국인이면서 끝내 이방인일 수밖에 없었던 자이니치(재일동포)들의 처절한 생애를 깊이 있는 필체로 담아낸, 작가 이민진의 혼이 담긴 수작이다. 한국계 1.5세인 미국 작가 이민진은 자이니치의 존재를 처음 접한 후, 일본의 사회적, 경제적 사다리 아래쪽에서 신음하고 있는 자이니치들에 대한 관심을 가지게 되었다. 일본에서 직접 만난 자이니치들의 복잡하고도 광활한 인생에 겸허해진 이민진은 원고를 모두 버리고 책을 다시 쓰기 시작했다. 정체성과 인간의 가치에 관한 작가의 치열한 고민은 일제강점기부터 1980년대까지를 시대적 배경으로 하여, 부산 영도의 기형아 훈이, 그의 딸 선자, 선자가 일본으로 건너가 낳은 아들 노아와 모자수, 그리고 모자수의 아들인 솔로몬에 이르는 4대에 걸친 핏줄의 역사를 탄생시켰다. 이민진은 그 치열한 역사를 통해 고향과 타향, 개인의 정체성이란 과연 무엇인지 질문한다. 그리고 그 질문은 행간의 의미를 함축하며 담담하게 풀어나가는 서사에 녹아 전해진다.