Quotes from the book Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
About Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee (Korean: 이민진; born November 11, 1968) is a Korean American author and journalist based in Harlem, New York City; her work frequently deals with the Korean diaspora. She is best known for writing Free Food for Millionaires (2007) and Pachinko (2017), a finalist for the National Book Award, and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, Lee became a writer-in-residence at Amherst College in Massachusetts.