Reality Bites: Why Are So Many Readers Obsessed With 'Realism'?
Peter Mandel
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Posted 09.23.2012
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Give us escape-craving readers a break, I say. Since when did fiction -- whether on a screen or in a ream of pages -- hinge on the quality of its imitation?
