Books like Reality hunger by David Shields

Name: Reality hunger
Rating: 3.333333333333 (3 reviews)
Author: David Shields

Reality Hunger pushes against a culture that prizes fabricated authenticity, arguing that we experience very little true reality. Shields proposes a new literary credo for diverse artists who seek to infuse their work with spontaneity, risk and collective engagement, while blurring the lines between fact and imaginative creation. By questioning the legitimacy of contemporary symbols—from political posters to viral images—the book challenges readers to rethink notions of truth, appropriation, and artistic license in a media‑saturated age.

First publish date: 2010

Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction

Authors: David Shields

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