- Title:
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Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World (MP3)
- Written by:
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Nell Stevens
- Read by:
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Nell Stevens
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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7 hours 18 minutes
- MP3 size:
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303 MB
- Published:
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September 28 2017
- Available Date:
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September 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509880560
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Memoirs
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Price
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'My favourite debut of 2017 ... as funny as it is poignant.'
Lena Dunham
Funny, warm and wise, Bleaker House is an audiobook about trying, and failing, to write a novel.
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 realising 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.
'I wolfed this wholly original part-memoir, part travelogue, part short story collection in one sitting, and adored it.'
The Bookseller
'Fresh and spirited ... A delightful literary debut.'
Kirkus Reviews