{"product_id":"same-bed-different-dreams","title":"Same Bed Different Dreams","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57198558085502,"sku":"NW9780812988321","price":13.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780812988321.jpg?v=1778532547","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/same-bed-different-dreams","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}