Keep It Fake: Inventing an Authentic Life

by Eric G. Wilson

Book Overview

We love these commands, especially in America, because they invoke what we love to believe: that there is an authentic self to which we can be true. But while we mock Tricky Dick and Slick Willie, we're inventing identities on Facebook, paying thousands for plastic surgeries, and tuning in to news that simply verifies our opinions. This is frontier forthrightness gone dreamy: reality bites, after all, and faith-based initiatives trump reality-based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374536120
• ISBN13: 9780374536121
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"