Tag Archives: Reality Hunger
Plot is Dead? Fiction and Reality Hunger
Manifestos are meant to provoke, and David Shields doesn’t disappoint. I wrote about Reality Hunger in an earlier post that focused on his views of reality-bending “non-fiction” and the collage-inspired appropriation of work by other writers. I have to say, I’m not … Continue reading
Filed under Book Lists, Fiction, General Fiction
‘Hunger’ vs. ‘Gadget’: manifesto a manifesto
David Shields created quite a stir in recent months with his new book Reality Hunger: a manifesto. One major emphasis of his wide-ranging book is the practice of fact-bending in an age of fabricated memoirs, reality television, and personal myth-making via … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Nonfiction
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