Books written by David Shields

How Literature Saved My Life

Literature doesn't lie about this—which is what makes it essential." This is a captivating, thought-provoking, utterly original book about the essential acts of reading and writing.
Hambre de realidad: Un manifiesto

... historia conmovedora, asombrosa y genial, de Dave Eggers, hacía gala del mismo aparato reflexivo que había matado a medio mundo de aburrimiento, con la diferencia de que lo vinculaba con la «vida real» de alguien (por más que el autor ...
Jeff, One Lonely Guy

Jeff spoke to as many people as he could, answering his phone all day long. Here are the conversations, texts, and voicemails of a particular moment in time - a hilarious, dark, intimate portrait of the way we live now.
Life Is Short - Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity

The book's 40 contributors include Donald Barthelme, Kate Chopin, Lydia Davis, Annie Dillard, Jonathan Safran Foer, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Jamaica Kincaid, Wayne Koestenbaum, Anne Lamott, Daphne Merkin, Rick Moody, Dinty W. Moore, George ...
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers, a book that expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait ...