{"product_id":"9780008823900","title":"American Hagwon","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Min Jin Lee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 September 2026 by Harpercollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 656 pages\u003cbr\u003e161 x 242 x 143 | 970g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘You'll be instantly dazzled’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e STYLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Breathtaking … I adored it’ ELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Profoundly generous and humane’ DOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Another future classic’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Min Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of Pachinko, returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e American Hagwon is the most ambitious and extraordinary work yet by one of our greatest novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A most anticipated book of the year in Guardian, New York Times, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Independent, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A sweeping, stirring, epic’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e iPAPER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Engrossing … Brilliantly imagined’ COLM TÓIBÍN, author of Long Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘If your faith in either humanity or storytelling has dimmed, this will make it blaze again’ KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of Best of Friends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Incredibly beautiful … an absolute joy that you will take with you for the rest of your life’ JOANNA CANNON, author of An Unlikely Visitor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A world so rich and intricate that you forget you're reading’ TARA WESTOVER, author of Educated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Much-anticipated … a big book tackling big themes about what we are prepared to sacrifice to provide for our loved ones and at what personal cost’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SERVICE95\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56949889728898,"sku":"9780008823900","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008823900.jpg?v=1790580729","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.com\/products\/9780008823900","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}