Novelist Min Jin Lee on the promise and perils of Western education
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Min Jin Leeβs new novel American Hagwon is her first in nearly a decade. βHagwonβ is the Korean term for private tutoring centers. Itβs the third installment of a four-part series on the Korean diaspora. Her previous, Pachinko, was a finalist for a National Book Award. In American Hagwon, Lee is taking on the promise and perils for Koreans who pursue a Western education. βI think education is a really beautiful thing,β she tells guest interviewer Aarti Shahani. βBut I think we now really have to ask: Why do we get it and what do we want from it?β Sheβll also reflect on surviving what she was told was a terminal diagnosis.Β Β
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