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She had to be rid of him, to stop this endless recollection of the one person she wished to forget.
Sunja took a deep breath. Kyunghee was wringing her hands. -
She had to be rid of him, to stop this endless recollection of the one person she wished to forget.
Sunja took a deep breath. Kyunghee was wringing her hands. -
The broker's desk was made of an unfamiliar wood—a rich dark brown color with teardrop-shaped whorls the size of a child's hand. She counted three teardrop whorls on the surface. When she'd gone to collect mushrooms with Hansu, there had been innumerable types of trees. The musty smell of wet leaves on the forest carpet, the baskets filled to bursting with mushrooms, the sharp pain of lying with him-these memories would not leave her.
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The broker's desk was made of an unfamiliar wood—a rich dark brown color with teardrop-shaped whorls the size of a child's hand. She counted three teardrop whorls on the surface. When she'd gone to collect mushrooms with Hansu, there had been innumerable types of trees. The musty smell of wet leaves on the forest carpet, the baskets filled to bursting with mushrooms, the sharp pain of lying with him-these memories would not leave her.
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Nevertheless, she couldn't stop thinking of Hansu. Whenever she'd met him at the cove, the cloudless sky and jade-colored water would recede from her sight, leaving only the images of him, and she used to wonder how their time together could vanish so quickly. What amusing story would he tell her? What could she do to make him stay even a few minutes longer?
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Nevertheless, she couldn't stop thinking of Hansu. Whenever she'd met him at the cove, the cloudless sky and jade-colored water would recede from her sight, leaving only the images of him, and she used to wonder how their time together could vanish so quickly. What amusing story would he tell her? What could she do to make him stay even a few minutes longer?
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"You have the kindest father in the land," her mother would often remark, and Sunja had been proud of his love for them, the way a child from a rich family might have been proud of her father's numerous bags of rice and piles of gold rings.
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"You have the kindest father in the land," her mother would often remark, and Sunja had been proud of his love for them, the way a child from a rich family might have been proud of her father's numerous bags of rice and piles of gold rings.
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At the table, he'd make sure that her mother had as much meat and fish on her plate as he did. In the summer, after finishing a long day, he'd tend to the watermelon patch because it was his wife's favorite fruit. Each winter, he'd procure fresh cotton wool to pad their jackets, and if there wasn't enough, he'd claim his own jacket didn't need new filling.
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At the table, he'd make sure that her mother had as much meat and fish on her plate as he did. In the summer, after finishing a long day, he'd tend to the watermelon patch because it was his wife's favorite fruit. Each winter, he'd procure fresh cotton wool to pad their jackets, and if there wasn't enough, he'd claim his own jacket didn't need new filling.
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Wealthy men had wives and mistresses, sometimes even in the same household. She couldn't be his mistress, however. Her crippled father had loved her mother, who had grown up even poorer than most; he had treasured her. When he was alive, after the boardinghouse guests were served their meals, the three would eat together as a family at the same low dinner table. Her father could've eaten before the women, but he'd never wanted that.
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Wealthy men had wives and mistresses, sometimes even in the same household. She couldn't be his mistress, however. Her crippled father had loved her mother, who had grown up even poorer than most; he had treasured her. When he was alive, after the boardinghouse guests were served their meals, the three would eat together as a family at the same low dinner table. Her father could've eaten before the women, but he'd never wanted that.
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2025 book fifty-four: Min Jin Lee: Pachinko ⭐️⭐️ #bookstodon #fiction #audiobook #minjinlee
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2025 book fifty-four: Min Jin Lee: Pachinko ⭐️⭐️ #bookstodon #fiction #audiobook #minjinlee
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The immersive historical drama about four generations of a Korean immigrant family is collaborative art at its very best — instead of offering tidy answers, it asks the most profound questions of our times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/08/26/tv-streaming/pachinko-season-two-review/ #culture #tvstreaming #pachinko #streaming #minjinlee #minhakim #yuhjungyoun
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The immersive historical drama about four generations of a Korean immigrant family is collaborative art at its very best — instead of offering tidy answers, it asks the most profound questions of our times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/08/26/tv-streaming/pachinko-season-two-review/ #culture #tvstreaming #pachinko #streaming #minjinlee #minhakim #yuhjungyoun
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@KateOfMind @miffyhelen
Oh, this book is one of the best that I've read! It covers such a wide range of people and places and really illustrates the Japanese occupation of #korea extremely well. Books that stay with me long after their reading are the ones that I rate 5 stars.. I read #Pachinko soon after its 2017 publication and it stayed with me through later travel to #korea and #japan.
#AmReading
#Pachinko
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@KateOfMind @miffyhelen
Oh, this book is one of the best that I've read! It covers such a wide range of people and places and really illustrates the Japanese occupation of #korea extremely well. Books that stay with me long after their reading are the ones that I rate 5 stars.. I read #Pachinko soon after its 2017 publication and it stayed with me through later travel to #korea and #japan.
#AmReading
#Pachinko
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The fourth and last book of my September TBR was Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.
Being more of a Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror reader, reading historical fiction focusing on a single family is really outside my comfort zone. Yes, I read plenty books during my literary studies, but in my free time, I rarely touch other genres. This book teaches me that it's well worth having a look at new things. It was a deep and emotional experience, simply the best book I read this year so far. Full five stars.
#amreading #books #bookstodon #Pachinko #minjinlee @bookstodon
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Here are ten more
The Sympathizer - #VietThanhNguyen
The Peripheral - #WilliamGibson
Deacon King Kong - #JamesMcBride
Saga - #FionaStaples & #BrianKVaughan
The Ministry of the Future - #KimStanleyRobinson
The Book of Dust - #PhilipPullman
Cutting For Stone - #AbrahamVerghese
The Lexicon of Musical Invective - #NicolasSlonimsky
Pachinko - #MinJinLee
The Orphan Master’s Son - #AdamJohnson
Black Swan Green - #DavidMitchell -
Here are ten more
The Sympathizer - #VietThanhNguyen
The Peripheral - #WilliamGibson
Deacon King Kong - #JamesMcBride
Saga - #FionaStaples & #BrianKVaughan
The Ministry of the Future - #KimStanleyRobinson
The Book of Dust - #PhilipPullman
Cutting For Stone - #AbrahamVerghese
The Lexicon of Musical Invective - #NicolasSlonimsky
Pachinko - #MinJinLee
The Orphan Master’s Son - #AdamJohnson
Black Swan Green - #DavidMitchell