This episode contains explicit language.

You're listening to Book Exploder,

where authors break down a passage from their work

to show us how they write.

I'm Rishi Keishirwe.

And I'm Susan Orleen.

Today, Susan speaking with Minjin Lee,

who wrote the novel Pachinko, which came out in 2017.

Minjin Lee is a Guggenheim Fellow

and the recipient of South Korea's Man-Hae Grand Prize

for Literature.

Pachinko is an international bestseller

and was named one of the best books of 2017

by The New York Times, The BBC,

The New York Public Library, and more.

In 2022, it was adapted into an

Emmy-nominated television series on Apple TV.

This is a four-generation story.

And I love a book that takes on a big sweeping epic look

at a family.

And it does that marvelous thing

of talking about social conditions.

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