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Pachinko

2017 novel by Min Jin Lee
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Summary

Pachinko is a literary work[1]. Pachinko ranks in the top 0.64% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,697 views/month, #182 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Lee Min Jin[3]
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing[4]
  • Genre: historical fiction[5]
  • Follows: Free Food for Millionaires[6]
  • Language of work or name: English[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2017[9]
  • Main subject: Koreans in Japan[10], history of Korea[11], 20th century[12], diaspora[13]
  • Nominated for: National Book Award for Fiction[14]
  • Derivative work: Pachinko[15]
  • Form of creative work: novel[16]

Why It Matters

Pachinko has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Pachinko is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

literary work United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . barclayagency.com. barclayagency.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Librarything work id → 17833481
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'id', 'ko', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 20w ago · Funkhauser · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Nominated for → National Book Award for Fiction
    Aliases → —
    Language of work or name → English
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goodreads work id: 50384116"
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