Reality Hunger

A Manifesto

By: David Shields

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Paperback | 9 June 2011 | Edition Number 1

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'EXCITING, INCENDIARY' DAZED & CONFUSED

'SMART, STIMULATING, PROVOCATIVE, ENTERTAINING' GUARDIAN

'HIGHLY PERSUASIVE. I CAN'T STOP RECOMMENDING IT' THE TIMES

Reality Hunger questions every assumption we ever made about art, the novel, journalism, poetry, film, TV, rap, stand-up, graffiti, sampling, plagiarism, writing, and reading. In seeking to tear up the old culture in search of something new and more authentic, it is the most vital book of the new century.

'Refuses to sit still, leaping among ideas, arguments, programmatic declarations, aphorisms, personal asides, history, and etymology. For anyone frustrated, disappointed, or confused about the purpose of literature in the 21st century . . . Reality Hunger is a must-read'
TORONTO STAR

'Give[s] bourgeois traditionalists a right good kicking'
OBSERVER

'Bold, entertaining, contentious. Essential reading for readers and writers'
GUARDIAN

'A bible for the next generation of culture-makers'
BOOKSLUT

'A rousing call to arms for all artists to reject the laws governing appropriation, obliterate boundaries . . . and give rise to a new modern form'
VANITY FAIR

'Mind-bending'
THE NEW YORK TIMES

'Brain-rewiring'
GQ

Industry Reviews

Highly persuasive. I can't stop recommending it * The Times *
The most provocative, brain-rewiring book of 2010. It's a book that feels at least five years ahead of its time and teaches you how to read it as you go * GQ *
Bold, entertaining, contentious. Essential reading for readers and writers * Guardian *
Weird, exciting, incendiary * Dazed and Confused *

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