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why is it called Pachinko?
Kavita Dass Pachinko is a Japanese 'gambling' machine. The name of the book is a metaphor representing that the life of the Sunja and her family is a gamble: you …morePachinko is a Japanese 'gambling' machine. The name of the book is a metaphor representing that the life of the Sunja and her family is a gamble: you win sometimes or lose sometimes.(less)
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Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
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