Bøker av Min Jin Lee

A victorian epic transplanted to Japan, following a Korean family of immigrants through eight decades and four generations.

A young woman is torn between her Korean heritage and American upbringing. Min Jin Lee's acclaimed debut novel.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} In this One Book, One New York 2019 nominee from the author of National Book Award Finalist Pachinko, the Korean-American daughter of first-generation immigrants strives to join Manhattan's inner circle.Meet Casey Han: a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. Casey is eager to make it on her own, away from the judgements of her parents' tight-knit community, but she soon finds that her Princeton economics degree isn't enough to rid her of ever-growing credit card debt and a toxic boyfriend. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to carve a space for herself in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth-but at what cost?Set in a city where millionaires scramble for the free lunches the poor are too proud to accept, this sharp-eyed epic of love, greed, and ambition is a compelling portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility. Addictively readable, Min Jin Lee's bestselling debut Free Food for Millionaires exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways in a city packed with haves and have-nots. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px}

Korea på begynnelsen av 1900-tallet. Japanerne har kolonialisert landet. Hoonie kjemper for tilværelsen, men har en sterk indre styrke og er full av omsorg for familien sin. Når Hoonies elskede datter, Sunja, blir gravid og sveket av elskeren sin, reiser hun til Japan for å føde barnet hun venter. Men tilværelsen i det nye landet byr på store utfordringer - diskriminering, fattigdom og katastrofer. Dette er bare starten på Sunja og hennes families utrolige historie gjennom fire generasjoner - fra den store depresjonen til 2. verdenskrig og frem til 1980-tallet.