A Korean family is willing to sacrifice everything for their children’s education, in the third book in Lee’s Diaspora Quartet“An excellent hagwon,” according to one of the characters in Min Jin Lee’s new novel, “is everything.” Every year, Korean parents pay hefty sums to send their children to these private after-school academies designed to turbocharge academic performance, where they spend e…
American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee review – a gloriously immersive follow-up to Pachinko
November 05, 2026