6/3/2023 0 Comments Pachinko cover![]() The fisherman and his wife, thrifty and hardy peasants, refused to be distracted by the country’s incompetent aristocrats and corrupt rulers who had lost their nation to thieves. She gets this way after personally covering a lot of real-life accounts from the descendants of actual people whose ancestors lived during the era in which she set her novel ‘ Pachinko.’Īt the cause of doing this research, she realizes that history, and historians, have indeed failed us by not covering the stories of these poor, ordinary, people whose side she has just stumbled upon. Lee’s purpose for activating this line is personal to her. Lee introduces her novel with the line serving as a thesis statement around which she builds the rest of her story. The first line in Min Jin Lee’s masterpiece is captivating as it is thought-provoking. ![]() Let’s take a peek at some of the best from the book. Quotes in ‘ Pachinko’ go extensively to cover aspects of life such as colonialism, willingness to survive against all odds, hope, the disappointment of history, and the systemic ostracization accustomed to non-natives dwelling in a foreign land. ![]()
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