Pachinko

Sun 25 October 2020 by Thejaswi Puthraya

Pachinko is a multi-generational story written by Min Jin Lee. Sunja, the daughter of a Korean fisherman falls in love with a trader only to realise that he is already married. She refuses to be his paramour and by curious turn of fate gets married to a parish minister only for him to die soon. Single, she brings up her children under Japanese occupation braving a lot of hardships and stigma. Do her children appreciate her sacrifices?