David Shields, Reality Hunger, was published February 2010. I just got around to reading it last week. For a writing nerd like me, this book is awesome. To readers this book is awesome. To philosophers, this book could be awesome. To pop culture junkies, this book is awesome. I admit that it probably would be boring to the rest of the world.
A non-fiction collaboration of personal thought, quotes from various people of all genres and ages, ranging from Oprah to Eminem to classics like Emerson and even Picasso. A nice little collage arguing the blur between fiction and non-fiction in pop-culture.
This book is a little difficult to grab attention at first, but once it grabs you, which it will, you will not be able to put it down.
A unique genre, Shields labels 'manifesto', breaking from tradition of much written in the past.
