NPR News: I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'

I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'
Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.

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