Questions tagged [min-jin-lee]
For questions about the Korean-American author Min Jin Lee (born 1968) or any of her works. If this is a question about one of her novels, that work in question should be tagged as well.
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In Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, why is the old woman's death suspicious?
Pachinko tells the story of several different generations of a Korean family which emigrated to Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century. The final member of the family we meet is Solomon, who ...
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What does "fail us" mean in the book "Pachinko"?
I just began reading the book Pachinko, and it starts thus:
History failed us, but no matter.
At the turn of the century, an
aging fisherman and his wife decided to take in lodgers for extra
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