BUILDING ON SUCCESS: After winning the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2021 for Winter in Sokcho, Dusapin became a global success, and her follow-up, Pachinko Parlor, was reviewed far and wide and beloved by booksellers everywhere.
FOR FANS OF: Sayaka Murata, Marguerite Duras, and Han Kang. The novel is understated, lyric, emotional, and haunting, and establishes Dusapin as one of the most subtle and interesting young female writers of our time.
AUTHOR BACKSTORY: Born in France to a French father and Korean mother, Dusapin currently lives in Switzerland, writing in French about South Korea, Japan, Russia. This multi-nationalism will appeal to a lot of readers, and adds a depth to her writing.
A PUNCHY, QUICK READ: This book canand frequently willbe read in a single sitting, given how compelling and fast-paced it is.