AMERICAN HAGWON
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'You'll be instantly dazzled' STYLIST
'Breathtaking I adored it' ELIF SHAFAK
'Masterful' DOUGLAS STUART
'Another future classic' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
The acclaimed author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.
John and Helen Koh and their three children - Bo, DH and Mido - are building new lives in Korea when they find their worlds upended, first by a terrible betrayal and then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Striving to regain their footing, the Kohs set out to do whatever it takes to provide for their children's futures.
They leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in California, where new opportunities open for the Koh children, as the parents, strangers in a strange land, adjust to a difficult existence in which their qualifications mean little. Their way forward is lit by the faith that education will lead the next generation to the success and security that have eluded their parents.
The Kohs, their friends, relatives and even their foes move in and out of each other's lives as they navigate love, work, fortune and fulfilment across the years. But with each new sacrifice and fresh horizon, larger questions begin to open up before them: what are we willing to give up to secure the happiness of the ones we love? What is the purpose of education? And what is truly important for a good life?
American Hagwon is the most ambitious and extraordinary work yet by one of our greatest novelists.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
LEE MIN JIN
Min Jin Lee es una escritora y periodista coreano-estadounidense, nacida el 11 de noviembre de 1968 en Seúl, Corea del Sur. Su obra se centra en la diáspora coreana y las experiencias de los inmigrantes. Es conocida por sus novelas Free Food for Millionaires 2007 y Pachinko 2017 , esta última finalista del Premio Nacional del Libro y adaptada a una serie de Apple TV .
Lee emigró a Estados Unidos en 1976 y creció en Queens, Nueva York. Estudió historia en Yale College y derecho en Georgetown University Law Center, pero dejó la abogacía para dedicarse a la escritura. Ha recibido múltiples reconocimientos, como la Beca Guggenheim y el Premio Fitzgerald a la Excelencia Literaria
