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why is it called Pachinko?
Marlena Corcoran Pachinko, like life, is a game partly of skill, partly of chance. It is the overarching metaphor of that book; and the game is woven into the plot of …morePachinko, like life, is a game partly of skill, partly of chance. It is the overarching metaphor of that book; and the game is woven into the plot of the novel as well. This is illustrated in the well-chosen quotations by readers below.(less)
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Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
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