{"product_id":"same-bed-different-dreams-ed-park-hardcover","title":"Same Bed Different Dreams -- Ed Park, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.42w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812998979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2023 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Park\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003ePersonal Days\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, \u003c\/i\u003e the literary editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and an editor at Penguin Press. His stories and articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Harper's\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote a science-fiction column for the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eand a comics column for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Manhattan with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ed Park","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44338041356516,"sku":"9780812998979","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780812998979.jpg?v=1719511257","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/same-bed-different-dreams-ed-park-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}