Min Jin Lee follows 'Pachinko' with a novel set inside a cram school
The New York Times has reviewed 'American Hagwon,' the new novel by Min Jin Lee, whose 'Pachinko' made her one of the most widely read Korean-American novelists.
Min Jin Lee, whose novel 'Pachinko' became an international bestseller and a Nobel-adjacent literary event of its own generation, has published a new novel titled 'American Hagwon,' reviewed in The New York Times on September 29.
According to the Times, the book is set around a hagwon, the after-school cram institutions common in South Korea and among Korean diaspora communities, that in Lee's telling makes an unusual choice: prioritizing students' well-being over academic performance.
No further plot details, publisher, or French publication plans are given in the material available. 'Pachinko,' Lee's previous novel, was translated into French and widely read by Tomeling users who track diaspora and family-saga fiction; whether 'American Hagwon' will follow the same path into translation is not yet known.
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