Мин Чжин Ли — библиография

Casey Han's four years at Princeton gave her many things, "But no job and a number of bad habits." Casey's parents, who live in Queens, are Korean immigrants working in a dry cleaner, desperately trying to hold on to their culture and their identity. Their daughter, on the other hand, has entered into rarified American society via scholarships. But after graduation, Casey sees the reality of having expensive habits without the means to sustain them. As she navigates Manhattan, we see her life and the lives around her, culminating in a portrait of New York City and its world of haves and have-nots.

1930-е годы. Дочь бедной вдовы, юная кореянка Сонджа счастлива - она любима и ждет ребенка. Правда, когда выясняется, что ее избранник женат и готов взять девушку лишь в содержанки, Сонджа от отчаяния принимает предложение молодого пастора и уезжает с ним в Японию. Она надеется на лучшее, но готова ко всему... Так начинается сага о нескольких поколениях эмигрантов рассказ о чести, национальном достоинстве и о том, чем человек готов пожертвовать ради семьи.

Pachinko follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them all. Deserted by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young tubercular minister offers to marry and bring her to Japan. So begins a sweeping saga of an exceptional family in exile from its homeland and caught in the indifferent arc of history. Through desperate struggles and hard-won triumphs, its members are bound together by deep roots as they face enduring questions of faith, family, and identity.