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Reality Hunger: David Shields does away with novelistic convention

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If all art is theft - as Picasso said - then are writers just stealing scenes from reality? Author David Shields talks to us about his book "Reality Hunger", a literary collage of quotes, thoughts and aphorisms that tread a blurry line between fact and fiction. Shields tells us why he’s bored with the traditional novel and explains how he and actor James Franco got together for a mysterious project.

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