“All her life, Sunja had heard this sentiment from other women, that they must suffer - suffer as a girl, suffer as a wife, suffer as a mother - die suffering. Go-saeng - the word made her sick. Did mothers suffer by not telling their sons that suffering would come?”
Min Jin Lee, born in 1968, is a talented writer known for her delicate emotions and profound insights into the lives of Asian immigrants and their descendants. Her debut novel, 'Pachinko', received widespread acclaim and won multiple literary awards. more
“He didn’t hear lies. He heard what lived between the smiles—the rot beneath the kindness.”
“He who cannot distinguish between sense and nonsense is the greatest fool of all.”