{"product_id":"same-bed-different-dreams","title":"Same Bed Different Dreams","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eEd Park\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780812988321\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2024\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e544\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present--loaded with assassins and mad poets, RPGs and slasher films, pop bands and the perils of social media \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Your view of twentieth-century history will be enlarged and altered. . . . A \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e for another war, an unfinished war.\" --Jonathan Lethem, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e - ONE OF \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e CHOICE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003ePolygon, Kirkus Reviews \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1919, far-flung patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to protest the Japanese occupation of their country. This government-in-exile proves mostly symbolic, though, and after Japan's defeat in World War II, the KPG dissolves and civil war erupts, resulting in the tragic North-South split that remains today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what if the KPG still existed--now working toward a unified Korea, secretly pulling levers to further its aims? \u003ci\u003eSame Bed Different Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together three distinct narrative voices with an archive of mysterious images, and twists reality like a kaleidoscope. Korean history, American pop culture, and our tech-fraught lives come together in this extraordinary and unforgettable novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon Sheen, a former writer now employed by the tech behemoth GLOAT, comes into possession of an unfinished book seemingly authored by the KPG. The manuscript is a riveting revisionist history, connecting famous names and obscure bit players to the KPG's grand project--everyone from Syngman Rhee and architect-poet Yi Sang to Jack London and Marilyn Monroe. \u003ci\u003eM*A*S*H\u003c\/i\u003e is in here, too, as are the Moonies and a history of violence extending from the assassination of President McKinley to the Reagan-era downing of a passenger plane that puts the world on the brink of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003ePersonal Days, Same Bed Different Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is a raucously funny feat of imagination and a thrilling meld of history and fiction that pulls readers into another dimension--one in which utopia is possible.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Same Bed Different Dreams | Ed Park | Paperback | 9780812988321 | New | Fiction 1645700","offer_id":50709392621826,"sku":"1645700","price":33.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81VBZrBxOCL.jpg?v=1791716836","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/same-bed-different-dreams","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}