{"product_id":"pre-order-american-hagwon-by-min-jin-lee","title":"PRE-ORDER: American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMin Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePachinko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, returns with a breathtaking epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Hagwon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the most ambitious and extraordinary work yet by one of our greatest novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I will be thinking about this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edeeply affecting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e novel for a long time.\" - \u003cem\u003eNicola Sturgeon, in \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Lee has a knack with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003esharp, distilled dialogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … the novel is excellent on the daily grind of living, however modestly, beyond your means.\" -\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOne of the most important novelists of her generation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e … Like George Eliot, she has a gift for combining intimate character portraits with sweeping macroeconomic narratives.\" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover Edition\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fourth Estate\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e978-0008823900\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 656\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45207154360528,"sku":null,"price":1798.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/71QPMwMfCwL._SL1500.jpg?v=1791441834","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/pre-order-american-hagwon-by-min-jin-lee","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}