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Tag: Korea

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

May 29, 2018 ~ Brona's Books ~ 6 Comments

After returning home from our trip to Japan, I wasn't ready to let it go, so when I finished Memoirs of a Geisha, I turned straight to this glorious historical fiction set in Korea and Japan for solace. Not that Pachinko was a comforting read as such. There was tragedy, sadness, grief, loss and war. But … Continue reading Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

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