Pisaries Creator

Publication Date: February 7, 2017

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Page Number: 496

It took me three years to read this book but don’t let how long I took to read this book reflect on how it is written. For a novel that entails many generations, it is bound to be longer. I guess life just happened in between all my different readings to finish it. However, I enjoyed the second half of the book more because I found certain dialogue caught more of my attention. The book is broken into three different sections, based on the different ages of one of the main characters, Sunja, and the people she meets along the way. Pachinko begins with her as a teenager who later marries and raises her children as best as possible. Despite her hard life, Sunja makes her own way in a country that doesn’t care for Koreans. As her sons grow into adults, Noa and Mozasu, they too are tasked with the hardship of being labeled negatively while having close ties to Japanese culture. When Sunja’s grandson, Solomon, finds himself in a precarious situation, the story makes a complete circle and ends with what most of us refer to as everyday life. Strength and sacrifice of family is what makes this book enjoyable because most of us can identify with both family and personal struggle. Eventually, I will watch the TV show adaptation, as I heard good things about it.