Question

Melissa L. Wender’s anthology of literature by this ethnic group is titled after the 1939 story “Into the Light” and includes the 1996 novella Full House. In a novel by an author from this ethnic group, a former construction worker dies as he has a vision of his granddaughter drowning in her car. That 2014 novel by an author from this ethnic group follows a homeless ghost who haunts a park outside (-5[1])a (15[1])metro station. (-5[1])In another novel, a consumptive minister of this ethnicity gets three years in jail when his sexton publicly (*) recites the Lord’s Prayer. A novel following generations of a family from this ethnic group begins, “History has failed us, but no matter;” at the end of that novel, Solomon returns from New (-5[1])York to join his father’s business running gambling (-5[1])parlors. For 10 points, a family (10[1])from what diasporic ethnic group (10[1])is central to Pachinko by Min Jin Lee? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Koreans in Japan [or Korean-Japanese, Zainichi Koreans, Japanese Koreans, Zainichi chosenjin, or Zainichi kankokujin; prompt on Koreans by asking “living in what country?”; prompt on Japanese by asking “Japanese citizens of what ethnicity?”; reject “Korean-American”] (The unnamed writers are Tokyo Ueno Station author Yu Miri and Kim Sa-ryang.)
<Henry Atkins, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Team Name Think Detail71-5
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)7215
Tracy MirkinThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubBHSU74-5
Stephen LiuCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club125-5
Taylor HarveySaint Peter Andre 3000Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill133-5
Dylan MinarikRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillSaint Peter Andre 300013910
Tejas RajeBHSUThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub14410
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!15310

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y4100%25%100%127.00