Book · 2017
Pachinko
- mentions
- 25
- people
- 9
- podcasts
- 3
- episodes
- 12
- critical mentions
- 0
I didn't really remember that it has been almost 10 years since Pachinko was published. 2017 is when that book came out, but I feel like it has just never left our consciousness.
What they say about it
- Called a major phenomenon“an enormous phenomenon”2
The best things said about it
A deep broad addictive history of a Korean family in Japan.
I'm still reading pachenko by m Jin Lee which I am really enjoying and I'm reading it slowly.
Pachinko was such an enormous phenomenon.
Well of late one of the novels that I'm very proud of is Pachinko by minjin Lee which I assure you many people you know have read and loved.
Her book Pachinko had just been voted one of the best books of the 21st century.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
9 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is a sweeping historical novel that follows four generations of a Korean immigrant family living in Japan. Gilbert Cruz and Pamela Paul frequently discussed the novel on The Book Review, where they originally welcomed the author to talk about the book's release and later reflected on its lasting cultural impact. John Williams shared on the podcast that he was slowly reading and thoroughly enjoying the novel, while Pamela Paul contrasted it with other works, noting how drawn she was to its poignant exploration of hardship, class issues, and historical displacement in turn-of-the-century Korea. Gilbert Cruz also highlighted the title when looking back at notable literary lists. Furthermore, Dwight Garner and Gilbert Cruz discussed the book's monumental status in contemporary literature, noting its wide anticipation and the fact that it was voted one of the best books of the 21st century by numerous participating authors. Across these discussions on The Book Review, critics and hosts continually praised the narrative's emotional depth, historical scope, and its powerful examination of identity, survival, and generational resilience across tumultuous decades.
Every mention
Pamela Paul well until then the new book is called pachenko by m Jin Lee Min 5
Discussed
“so I left with reading Pinko which I talked about on an earlier podcast by Menin Lee and I had that funny experience where you know when you you are talking to someone”
Recommended
“so I felt like the issues that she was getting at in that book from you know drug addiction to um class issues and income inequality I just felt like it was too close um so I choose instead to read about unhappiness um in uh turn of the last century Korea and have picked up Pachinko by Menin Lee”
Recommended
“Min Jin Lee is here to talk about her new novel Pachinko”
Discussed
“not only from our reviewer who uh writes a very positive review but also from such esteemed writers as Juno Diaz and David Mitchell who calls it a deep broad addictive history of a Korean family in Japan”
Recommended
“well until then the new book is called pachenko by m Jin Lee Min”
Gilbert Cruz Her book Pachinko had just been voted one of the best books of the 21st century by the hundreds of authors… 13
Discussed
“Her book Pachinko had just been voted one of the best books of the 21st century by the hundreds of authors who participated in that [music] project.”
Discussed
“So with your two previous books, I believe you focused on sort of one word for each of them. Your first novel, Free Food for Millionaires, the key word was uh choice. In Pachenko, your second novel, it was home.”
Discussed
“this week I'm so happy to be joined by Min Jin Lee author of Pachinko Min”
Discussed
“when you really dug into Pinko”
Discussed
“you you really have talked over the years on how long it took you to write penko”
Discussed
“this week I'm joined by menen Lee author of pachenko one of the 100 best books of the 21st Century so far”
Discussed
“and then you did Pinko what did you learn between the two”
Discussed
“I'm here once again with minin Lee author of Pachinko Min”
Discussed
“why did men have to work in pachenko a very low class very look down upon industry even today”
Discussed
“M Lee author Peno thank you so much for joining the book review podcast”
Recommended
“pachenko by menen Lee”
Discussed
“and Pachinko by menen Lee which you also I also assigned and and edited the review for”
Recommended
“minin Lee will be here to talk about her new novel Pachinko”
John Williams I'm still reading pachenko by m Jin Lee which I am really enjoying and I'm reading it slowly 1
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“I'm still reading pachenko by m Jin Lee which I am really enjoying and I'm reading it slowly”
Dwight Garner Similar for Pachinko and American Hogwan. So, this is a big major writer, heavily anticipated book that's b… 1
Discussed
“Similar for Pachinko and American Hogwan. So, this is a big major writer, heavily anticipated book that's been percolating for like a decade. Thank goodness I liked it. Uh, no, I mean I I was I was anxious because you know Pachinko was such an enormous phenomenon. Phenomenon. I think this book is better than Pachenko.”
Jenna Bush Hager I was with Men Jen, this author who I love who wrote Pachinko, and she told me, Menin Lee, she told me that… 1
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“I was with Men Jen, this author who I love who wrote Pachinko, and she told me, Menin Lee, she told me that books actually made her brave.”
Joumana Khatib I didn't really remember that it has been almost 10 years since Pachinko was published. ... 2017 is when th… 1
Discussed
“I didn't really remember that it has been almost 10 years since Pachinko was published. ... 2017 is when that book came out, but I feel like it has just never left our consciousness.”
Min Jin Lee I mean, for example, when I sell a book in England for Pachinko and for free food for millionaires, it's ab… 1
Discussed
“I mean, for example, when I sell a book in England for Pachinko and for free food for millionaires, it's about 60 p per book that I sell that I make. Those are my royalties.”
Nicholas Kristof and there was one book that that came out last year would ended up being one of our 10 best books of the Ye… 1
Discussed
“and there was one book that that came out last year would ended up being one of our 10 best books of the Year minin Le Pachinko which right begins in in in North Korea and talks about the sort of Working Poor there the rural poor and their migration over to Japan”
Suzanne Gluck well of late one of the novels that I'm very proud of is Pachinko by minjin Lee which I assure you many peo… 1
Discussed
“well of late one of the novels that I'm very proud of is Pachinko by minjin Lee which I assure you many people you know have read and loved”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Uh, she’s reading Pachinko! Taste!”
Passing
“Well, of late, one of the novels that I'm very proud of is Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, which I assure you many people you know have read and loved.”
Passing
“the pachenko period”