Tina Turner was a fan of Ama, the museum where you worked. She bought your book on her last day before leaving for college. You were born in Seoul, South Korea and came to the U.S. aged seven. Do you have many memories of your time in Korea? Oh, yeah. I really think of it as all being in Korea; then once I came to America, my childhood continued.
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.