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Questo libro va dritto nella lista dei miei preferiti di sempre. L’ho letto con la costante voglia di volerne sapere sempre di più e contemporaneamente con la voglia che non finisse mai.
Mi sono affezionata a tutti i personaggi al punto da continuare a pensare a loro anche nei momenti in cui non stavo leggendo, ho sofferto con loro e gioito con loro per queste quasi 500 pagine e credo che resteranno con me per tanto tanto tempo.
Non conoscevo quasi nulla sui coreani in Giappone e ho trovato ques ...more
Mi sono affezionata a tutti i personaggi al punto da continuare a pensare a loro anche nei momenti in cui non stavo leggendo, ho sofferto con loro e gioito con loro per queste quasi 500 pagine e credo che resteranno con me per tanto tanto tempo.
Non conoscevo quasi nulla sui coreani in Giappone e ho trovato ques ...more
brabo acompanhar 4 gerações de coreanos-japoneses por vários contextos
the ending isn't sad yet here i am, crying.
if you're looking for a genuine book about Asian family and war and how it changed Asia, please please PLEASE look into reading this book. it's not one of those usual books going around booktwt but it will be worth it, i swear.
Asian family, Asian family, idealism and tradition, Asian person being a foreinger in their own country, Asian person shaping their thought of Asia via the Western lense, Asian women, stereotypes. they're there, all of them. the f ...more
if you're looking for a genuine book about Asian family and war and how it changed Asia, please please PLEASE look into reading this book. it's not one of those usual books going around booktwt but it will be worth it, i swear.
Asian family, Asian family, idealism and tradition, Asian person being a foreinger in their own country, Asian person shaping their thought of Asia via the Western lense, Asian women, stereotypes. they're there, all of them. the f ...more
This was a delightful book, right up in my favorites next to "the good earth" and "things fall apart". Often books set in early 1900's show the european and american perspective. Reading this I realized how little I knew about Korea, and Japan's outlook during the war. The stories center around family, and different ways love manifests, and are quite touching. Highly recommend.
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Historical fiction about Zainichi Koreans --Koreans who live in Japan. Since I’m currently living is South Korea, I love this book. It has richly woven characters, volumes upon volumes of social history, war history, all told through generations of one family. The story spreads a tale of beauty, love & loss, resilience and redemption through context during a dramatic point in real life world events.
Pachinko is a perfect title--because it’s always the slightest of movements that changes your out ...more
Pachinko is a perfect title--because it’s always the slightest of movements that changes your out ...more
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