{"product_id":"pachinko-national-book-award-finalist-9781455563937","title":"Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan-the inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant-and that her lover is married-she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Profoundly moving, \u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *Includes reading group guide* \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMin Jin Lee is a recipient of fellowships in Fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation (2018) and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard (2018-2019). Her novel \u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction, a runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the Medici Book Club Prize, and one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' \"Ten Best Books of 2017.\" A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \u003ci\u003ePachinko\u003c\/i\u003e was also one of the \"Ten Best Books\" of the year for BBC and the New York Public Library, and a \"best international fiction\" pick for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In total, it was on over seventy-five best books of the year lists, including NPR, PBS, and CNN, and it was a selection for Now Read This\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e the joint book club of \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e and the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003e Pachinko\u003c\/i\u003e will be translated into twenty-seven languages. Lee's debut novel \u003ci\u003eFree Food for Millionaires\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) was one of the best books of the year for the \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eof London, NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and it was a national bestseller. Her writings have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR's \u003ci\u003eSelected Shorts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Story, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eGuardian, Cond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eé\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Nast Traveler, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eof London\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal. \u003c\/i\u003eLee served three consecutive seasons as a Morning Forum columnist of the \u003ci\u003eChosun Ilbo\u003c\/i\u003e of South Korea. In 2018, she was named as one of Adweek's Creative 100 for being one of the \"ten writers and editors who are changing the national conversation,\" and one of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's Frederick Douglass 200. She received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Monmouth College. She will be a Writer-in-Residence at Amherst College from 2019-2022.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597300666642,"sku":"9781455563937","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_66466e5a-43df-4689-bdaa-d9b9fdd61467.jpg?v=1772531408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pachinko-national-book-award-finalist-9781455563937","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}