Discontent, Beatriz Serrano lighting The Pachinko Parlour is a

The Pachinko Parlour is a nuanced and beguiling exploration of identity and otherness

loss and identity

Taking in economic and political theories

the Cold War

nothing can ever be the same again

Discontent, Beatriz Serrano lighting The Pachinko Parlour is aFrom a dazzling new international voice, an audacious, darkly funny novel about a young woman whose carefully crafted office persona threatens to crack when shes forced to attend her companys annual retreat On the surface, Marisa's life looks enviable. She lives in a beautiful apartment in the center of Madrid, she has a hot neighbor who is always around to sleep with her, and shes quickly risen through the ranks at a successful advertising agency.