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Same Bed Different Dreams
''Same Bed Different Dreams'' is a novel by American novelist Ed Park, published by Random House in 2023. The novel traces an alternate history of the Korean Provisional Government during the Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation of Korea and the Korean War after their Historical revisionism, historical revisionist manuscript is discovered by a Korean Americans, Korean American writer in the early twenty-first century. The book was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Fiction. Synopsis In 2015, Korean Americans, Korean American writer Soon Sheen acquires an advance copy of a novel, titled ''Same Bed, Different Dreams'', by a South Korean poet named Echo. The novel provides a secret history of the Korean Provisional Government (KPG), a government-in-exile established in 1919, and their activities during Korea under Japanese rule and onward. As Sheen reads the novel furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Park
Ed Park (born 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and novelist. He was the executive editor of Penguin Press. Books In May 2008, Park's debut novel ''Personal Days'' was published by Random House. It was a finalist for that year's PEN/Hemingway Award, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (then known as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize), and the Asian American Literary Award. It was also named one of the ten best fiction books of the year by ''Time''. Park's second novel, ''Same Bed Different Dreams'', was published by Random House in November 2023. ''Publishers Weekly'' named it a Top 10 Book of the Year, and ''The New York Times'' said, "It’s a challenging read and yet wonderfully suspenseful, like watching a circus performer juggle a dozen torches…A sprawling, stunning novel." It won the 2023 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Fiction. On May 6, 2024, ''Same Bed Different Dreams'' was announced as a Finalist for 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |