David Shields - Reality Hunger: A Manifesto

The Scotsman“The latest move in an ongoing game... ” Reading, I think, is about the startle of thinking differently. I really hope Reality Hunger inspires some young writer out there to think: "That's exactly what I've always been fighting against"...

The Telegraph“Our hunger for the fantastical is still as strong as ever...” The experience of reading this collage is jarring. It cannot be consumed like a conventional work. Each chunk must be weighed and digested separately...

Book Bag“An exhilarating ride...” Arm yourself with a red pen as you read this book – every page is packed with thought-provoking insights into the nature of what it is to be alive and a writer in this age...

Guardian“Occupies a no man's land of unverifiable authenticity...” Shields has written a provocative and entertaining manifesto. But in his hunger for reality, he forgets that fiction also offers the sustenance of truth...

Financial Times“Crying out for a remix...” The book is anything but a monograph; it’s a polygraph. But everything in it is dedicated to forwarding a fairly clear thesis... Rather than putting together an overwhelming case, it assembles a lot of cultural stuff and lets it lie there...

The Times“Not yet reviewed”

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Publishers Weekly“Not yet reviewed”