Sunja becomes the only surviving child of Hoonie, a poor fish seller and lodger – who has morbid disabilities disfiguring his face and foot, and his wife Yangjin, with their first three children passing away from illness shortly after their births. ‘ Pachinko’ is a complex book with many different characters cutting across the four generations, but Min Jin Lee deploys Sunja as her central character who connects the eras while serving as the matriarchal figure for the poor Korean family or the Baek. Min Jin Lee’s ‘ Pachinko’ follows the epic tale of the struggle for survival of a poor Korean family down to their fourth generation who find themselves in Japan, a foreign country, which at the time was clearly discriminatory and unfair towards outsiders. Although published in 2017, the book explored new grounds by being the first-ever novel written in the English language covering the history of Korean-Japanese culture through the colonial rule of World War II. ‘ Pachinko’ comes comfortably as Min Jin Lee’s most populous book to date. Pachinko Pachinko by Min Jin Lee Digital Art Lee is currently writing her fourth which seems to be the final piece of her Korean diaspora trilogy. ‘Free Food For Millionaires‘ and ‘ Pachinko’ are some of the major books that have brought her some recognition. Technically, Min Jin Lee has only written a handful of books – three to be specific, along with several professional reviews of popular journal articles and books.
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