One of the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century In this New York Timesbestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japanthe inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+. In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnantand that her lover is marriedshe accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her sons powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty.