Bleaker House

Nell Stevens

• 08 maart 2018
• 9781509824403

Samenvatting:

Funny, warm and wise, Bleaker House is a book about trying, and failing, to write a novel.

`This year’s literary sensation’ Evening Standard `The perfect read for anyone who has ever considered themselves “a writer” ’ Sunday Times `My favourite debut of 2017 . . . as funny as it is poignant’ Lena Dunham 8000 miles from home 1085 calories a day 3 months to write the novel that would make her name At least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (official population: two) she didn’t count on the isolation getting to her . . . Hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a book about loneliness and creativity. It is about discovering who you are when there’s no one else around. And it’s about what to do when a plan doesn’t work: ultimately Nell may have failed to write a novel, but she succeeded in becoming a writer. `Confiding, edgy and ever-so-slightly horrifying . . . I enjoyed it so much I wolfed it in one sitting’ Daily Express `A mesmerizing literary levitation act’ Vogue `Quirky . . . fascinating’ Daily Mail

'Perfect' Lena Dunham 'This year's literary sensation' Evening Standard

How far would you travel to become a writer?
8000 miles from home
1085 calories a day
3 months to write the novel that would make her name

At least that was the plan. But when Nell Stevens travelled to Bleaker Island in the Falklands (official population: two) she didn’t count on the isolation getting to her . . .

Hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a book about loneliness and creativity. It is about discovering who you are when there’s no one else around. And it’s about what to do when a plan doesn’t work: ultimately Nell may have failed to write a novel, but she succeeded in becoming a writer.