Same Bed Different Dreams
Korean American writer Soon Sheen works a numbing tech-marketing job at the firm GLOAT when he is handed a manuscript called Same Bed Different Dreams that claims the Korean Provisional Government, the exile body formed to resist Japanese occupation, secretly never dissolved and has been running a clandestine war for a unified Korea ever since. Park weaves Soon's narration with the manuscript itself and with a third strand following a fading science-fiction novelist whose books may be encoded Korean history. The novel pulls in real historical figures from Syngman Rhee to Marilyn Monroe, building an alternate-history conspiracy that doubles as a satire of tech, publishing, and the Korean War's place in the American mind.
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A Korean American writer at a tech firm is handed a manuscript claiming the Korean Provisional Government secretly still exists in this Pulitzer-finalist alternate-history satire.
Same Bed Different Dreams was written by Ed Park and published in 2023. Park is a literary critic and editor who also wrote Personal Days. The novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Yes. Same Bed Different Dreams blends multiple genres and timelines, including alternate-history Korean Provisional Government chapters, contemporary tech-publishing satire, and fictional novel excerpts. The structure rewards patience.
Same Bed Different Dreams is 544 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Same Bed Different Dreams takes most readers 8 to 12 hours to finish.
Same Bed Different Dreams is a standalone novel by Ed Park, not part of a series.
Same Bed Different Dreams is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
