Pachinko author says he didn't understand what it means to be an artist. "I thought I could lean on my competence, lean on my ability to do things in a very acceptable admirable way" Pachinko was written from a mission point of view, which almost no one does anymore,. It's considered passé or it is actually really difficult to do.
The author of the award-winning novels “Pachinko” and “Free Food for Millionaires,” Min Jin Lee, discusses her remarkable career and the long journey and intention behind her Korean diaspora novels.