{"product_id":"american-hagwon","title":"American Hagwon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Profoundly generous and humane’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDOUGLAS STUART\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Engrossing … brilliantly imagined’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCOLM TÓIBÍN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Breathtaking … I adored it’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eELIF SHAFAK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Extraordinary’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTARA WESTOVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMin Jin Lee, the acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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 contemporary epic that follows one family as they reckon with personal dreams and familial duty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \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 \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 \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 \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 \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emost anticipated book of the year and seen in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘If your faith in either humanity or storytelling has dimmed,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Hagwon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill make it blaze again’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e KAMILA SHAMSIE, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBest of Friends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Incredibly beautiful … an absolute joy that you will take with you for the rest of your life’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e JOANNA CANNON, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Unlikely Visitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Enchanting and elegant,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAmerican Hagwon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad me completely absorbed … as dazzlingly intelligent as it is emotionally breathtaking’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ELIF SHAFAK, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThere Are Rivers In The Sky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A world so rich and intricate that you forget you're reading’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTARA WESTOVER, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEducated\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘Lee is truly the master of the generational epic’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBOOKSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘I read huge swaths of this book with my heart in my throat’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e JACQUELINE WOODSON, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRed At The Bone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A moving epic of family life … heart-warming, heart-breaking’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eERICA WAGNER, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGravity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57502651580789,"sku":"398-72D-FF7","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/9fbcfff6-100d-4e55-b807-9e1eb43f76cb.jpg?v=1786801995","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/american-hagwon","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}