Pachinko 1: Korean 2022

A world-class bestseller, author Lee Min-jin's full-length novel "Pachinko", which tells the story of a family of Korean residents in Japan spanning four generations, is published as a new translation in Influential and meets Korean readers. 《Pachinko》 is a saga written by Lee Min-jin, a 1.5-year-old Korean-American, over a long period of 30 years, and became a New York Times bestseller right after its publication in 2017. Since then, it has been translated and exported to 33 countries, and has captivated both critics and the public by being selected as the 'Book of the Year' by more than 75 major media outlets and as a finalist for the National Book Awards. In 2022, it was produced as a drama of the same name on Apple TV and released simultaneously around the world, and once again stood at the center of the topic. 《Pachinko》 is also a 'story about a house'. This is because it is a chronicle of an immigrant family that manages to build their own house without succumbing to the great waves of history. The author said that the title of the book, 'Pachinko', "means the uncertainty of life where the outcome is unpredictable like gambling, and at the same time, the tragic life of Koreans in Japan who had to choose pachinko business as the only means of survival in a foreign country full of hatred and prejudice. It symbolizes,” he said. The writer caresses the life of an immigrant who has to leave his hometown, take root in a foreign country, and live as a permanent stranger with his unique insight and sympathetic gaze.