Same Bed Different Dreams is a decades-spanning, multi-layered novel with a manuscript featuring real and imagined Korean history at its core, also called Same Bed Different Dreams, in Ed Park's genre-defying novel.
I originally picked it up because the cover makes it look like a space sci-fi epic, but it is much more of a literary novel suffused with humor. Its multiple points of view--a 60s science fiction hack, a man who works for a Google-type empire, and an author penning the secret history of the Korean Provisional Government, make this one hard to explain.
It was a unique, fresh novel that read quickly, despite topping out over 400 pages, more than I would usually like to tackle. I would recommend this to anyone wanting atypical storytelling from a unique literary voice. Probably my favorite book of the year, and a good place to end 2023.
I checked this out from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana.
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