American Hagwon

‘I will be thinking about this deeply affecting novel for a long time’ Nicola Sturgeon, in Observer
‘Lee has a knack with sharp, distilled dialogue … the novel is excellent on the daily grind of living, however modestly, beyond your means’ The Times
‘One of the most important novelists of her generation … Like George Eliot, she has a gift for combining intimate character portraits with sweeping macroeconomic narratives’ New York Times Magazine
‘Another future classic … a must-read’ Good Housekeeping
‘A sweeping and immersive reading experience … You’ll be instantly dazzled by Min Jin Lee’s expert storytelling’ Stylist
‘A grand multigenerational saga from the best to ever do it’ Vogue Australia
‘Nearly a decade on from Pachinko … Lee returns with an equally sweeping, stirring epic of a novel’ iPaper
‘A moving reflection on family, ambition and duty’ Monocle
‘Much-anticipated … a big book tackling big themes about what we are prepared to sacrifice to provide for our loved ones’ Service95
‘After 600 pages, how could I want more? And yet I did, and that is the magic of Min Jin Lee’ Tahmima Anam, author of Uprising
‘A profoundly generous and humane novel about duty, family and the dream of a better life … Masterful’ Douglas Stuart, author of John of John
‘An immersive, engrossing novel … brilliantly imagined’ Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island
‘Enchanting and elegant … as dazzlingly intelligent as it is emotionally breathtaking. I adored it’ Elif Shafak, author of There Are Rivers In The Sky
‘Absolutely propulsive … If your faith in either humanity or storytelling has dimmed, American Hagwon will make it blaze again’ Kamila Shamsie, author of Best of Friends
‘I adored this incredibly beautiful story … American Hagwon is an absolute joy that you will take with you for the rest of your life’ Joanna Cannon, author of An Unlikely Visitor
‘A world so rich and intricate that you forget you’re reading … A stunning achievement’ Tara Westover, author of Educated

Min Jin Lee is an author and journalist. Her debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was named as one of the ‘Top 10 Novels of the Year’ by The Times and USA Today. She wrote Pachinko whilst living in Tokyo, and now lives in New York with her family.

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