{"product_id":"reality-hunger-a-manifesto-paperback","title":"Reality Hunger: A Manifesto - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark book, \"brilliant, thoughtful\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"raw and gorgeous\" (\u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e), that fast-forwards the discussion of the central artistic issues of our time, from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho owns ideas? How clear is the distinction between fiction and nonfiction? Has the velocity of digital culture rendered traditional modes obsolete? Exploring these and related questions, Shields orchestrates a chorus of voices, past and present, to reframe debates about the veracity of memoir and the relevance of the novel. He argues that our culture is obsessed with \"reality,\" precisely because we experience hardly any, and urgently calls for new forms that embody and convey the fractured nature of contemporary experience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Shields is the bestselling author of twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Thing About Life, Reality Hunger, Black Planet, Remote, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar Is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e. He and his wife live in Seattle, where he is the Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Washington. His work has been translated into twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.96 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754164945184,"sku":"9780307387974","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2892a3d2084c068d6d9b0f9d1437e854.webp?v=1780034793","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reality-hunger-a-manifesto-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}