{"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\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE . ONE OF \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR . \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e EDITORS' CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times,\u003c\/i\u003e Chicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003ePolygon, Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 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\u003e But 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\u003e weaves 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\u003e Soon 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\u003e From 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":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44356954620101,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-8129-8832-1.jpg?v=1739486566","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/same-bed-different-dreams","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}