History failed us, but no matter: Koreans in Japan in `Pachinko`
(WorldNews Japan)

Korean-American writer Min Jin Lee`s mesmerizing novel `Pachinko` takes us back to the times of Japanese rule of Korea, when hundreds of thousands of Koreans moved to Osaka in search of a better life. Since all Koreans had Japanese names at the time, they naively thought they could easily assimilate into Japanese society. ......