Min Jin Lee will be in Vancouver for her first-ever event in Canada, featuring her latest novel, American Hagwon. The third book in what will form her diaspora quartet, American Hagwon centers on the Koh family and their all-consuming faith in education as the key to success and security. Writer Roxane Gay praised the new work as “a novel I didn’t want to end” with “grand ambition, fierce heart, and the tenderest hope.”
Born in Seoul and raised in Queens, Min Jin Lee is the preeminent author of the Korean diaspora. A masterful storyteller who illuminates the complexities of identity, migration, and belonging with deep empathy, her novels have earned some of the highest honours in the literary world.
Lee made a stunning debut with Free Food for Millionaires, a national bestseller and a top book-of-the-year pick from USA Today, The Times of London, and NPR. Her follow-up, Pachinko, has become a modern classic. A finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, it was named to both Kirkus Review and The New York Times’ Best Books of the 21st Century and appeared on more than 75 best books-of-the-year lists.
Gain insight into one of today’s most celebrated writers as she launches her newest masterpiece.
Gain insight into one of today’s most celebrated writers as she launches her newest masterpiece.