Bleaker House
- Author Nell Stevens
- Narrator Nell Stevens
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date 1 June 2017
- Run Time 7 hours and 18 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Autobiography: general, Autobiography: writers, Biography: general, Biography: writers, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Gender studies: women and girls, Humour, Language learning: writing skills, Memoirs, Short stories, Travel and holiday, Travel and holiday guides, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Travel writing.
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What to expect
'My favourite debut of 2017 . . . as funny as it is poignant' Lena Dunham
When Nell Stevens was given the opportunity to spend three months in a location of her choice in order to write her novel, she was determined to rid herself of all distractions. So Nell decided to travel to Bleaker Island (official population: two) in the Falklands where she would write 2,500 words a day.
But Bleaker House is not that novel. Instead this is a book about a young woman realizing that the way to writing fiction doesn't necessarily lie in total solitude and a clear plan. Nor does it lie in a daily ration of 1085 calories, no means of contacting the outside world and a slow descent towards something that feels worryingly like madness . . .
Hilariously funny, painfully honest, and beautifully observed, Bleaker House is part memoir, part travelogue, part story collection. It is an exploration of the narrow spaces between real life and fiction and, in the end, a book about failing to write a novel, but finally becoming a writer.
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