Students may be surprised to learn the degree to which Japan’s and Korea’s histories are entwined. The purpose of the essay that follows is to suggest the relevant background needed to appreciate the novel’s historical setting the accompanying online materials resources and chapter outline may be used to facilitate reading and classroom discussion. While younger readers might appreciate the fact that the novel is not “bogged down” by excessive historical detail, teaching Pachinko in a history or East Asian civilization course will only be a fully rewarding experience for students when instructors provide sufficient context. Rather, we view events exclusively from the perspective of the main characters, ordinary people with a very limited understanding of the world beyond their immediate experience. Unlike many historical novels, however, Pachinko offers no omniscient narrator or other literary device to explain the greater historical context. Moreover, Pachinko is set in a particularly rich era of modern East Asian history, encompassing colonial Korea, World War II, the Allied Occupation of Japan, the Korean War, and Japan’s high-growth and “bubble economy” periods. Despite its heft (496 pages in the hardcover edition), the novel is written in an accessible and engaging style appropriate for both undergraduates and high school students. Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, nominee for the 2017 National Book Award for fiction, is a sweeping historical saga of one family’s experience living as “forever foreigners” in twentieth-century Japan. Re-envisioning Asia: Contestations and Struggles in the Visual Artsĭownload PDF Pachinko By Min Jin Lee New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2017 496 pages, ISBN: 978-1455563937, Hardcover.
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