When you were growing up, your dad ran a newspaper stand in New York. He and his mom then bought a jewelry store where they worked six days a week. As an introverted person, "I'm fully aware as a real New Yorker that it can be a very dangerous place" You have been held up at gunpoint in front of your father; he's not a big guy.
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.