Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
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Köp båda 2 för 369 krThe perfect read for anyone who has ever considered themselves "a writer" * Sunday Times Style Magazine * This year's literary sensation . . . summer's must-read . . . an often very entertaining book about failing to write a book . . . what makes it most like something Dunham might have conceived is the comic skill with which Stevens deftly builds up a portrait of herself as the flawed but loveably self-deluding heroine of her own pyrrhic publishing scheme. This is a picaresque, recognisably human tale of a young womans failure to follow through on the glaringly unrealistic goals she set herself. * Evening Standard * Quirky . . . fascinating . . . she may not have written the novel of her dreams, but the book she has produced will resonate with anyone who has shared her ambitions [to write]. * Daily Mail * Confiding, edgy and ever-so-slightly horrifying . . . I enjoyed it so much I wolfed it in one sitting. Bleaker House is an enthralling reflection on writing: how it is taught and how you learn to do it. And youll never look at a potato or a Ferrero Rocher in quite the same way again. * Daily Express * Bleaker House swirls text, subtext, and context into a single narrative, a mesmerizing literary levitation act . . . lovely and thoughtful * Vogue * One of the most original, entertaining, and thought-provoking books I have ever read about the difficulty of writing a book * New Yorker * Stevens writes with considerable charm and winning honesty * Guardian * An entertaining, perverse and singular book * Observer * As Stevens wrestles with questions of how (and whether) to turn the grist of lifes happenings into literary material, she paints an honest portrait of writerly neurosis. * San Francisco Chronicle * Entertaining . . . A thought-provoking reflection on writers and writing * Tatler * Hilarious and original, charming and engaging. I loved it -- Rebecca Wait, author of <i>The View on the Way Down</i> and <i>The Followers</i> I wolfed this wholly original part-memoir, part travelogue, part short story collection in one sitting, and adored it. As well as being funny, edgy, confiding, and ever so slightly horrifying, it's also a fascinating reflection on writing: how it is taught, and how it is learned. And you'll never look at a potato - or a Ferrero Rocher chocolate - in quite the same way again * Bookseller * I read Bleaker House in a gulp. It's a charming read whose first third has a laugh a page before Nell's odyssey turns into something more serious. You can't, just by attending writing school, learn how to produce fine writing. This clever and funny book shows you may also want to get out and experience the world, and yourself, as well. -- Dan Boothby, author of <i>Island of Dreams</i> Bleaker House is so riveting and so much fun to read, I would have loved it even if it hadn't also been innovative and brilliant, but it is all those things. Nell Stevens is an excellent writer and I can't wait to read every book she writes. -- Kate Christensen, author of PEN/Faulkner-winning <i>The Great Man</i> Fresh and spirited . . . A delightful literary debut * Kirkus * There's something alluringly Victorian about the whole book . . . In our increasingly small and connected world, narratives that tackle the peculiar senses of loneliness and remove, and the effects they have on the self, are increasingly rare . . . Bleaker House never devolves into a stunt book. Instead, Stevens charts a path of personal and professional exploration tinged with both sadness and humor * Jezebel * An inventive memoir about a young writer's struggle to find her literary footing * NPR * A whimsical, good-humored, yearning-filled, thought-provoking read * Bustle * Quirky and engaging . . . A captivating portrait of the creative life * BookPage * Perfect -- Lena Dunham Nell Stevens takes you on a wild ramble across the landscape of the
Nell Stevens has a First in English and Creative Writing from Warwick, after which she went on to study Arabic and Comparative Literature at Harvard, and to receive a Marcia Trimble Fellowship and the Florence Engel Randall Graduate Fiction Award for her MFA in Fiction at Boston University. She is currently researching a Ph.D. in Victorian literature at King's College London. She was a finalist in the 2011 Elle magazine Writing Talent Contest, and a runner-up in both the 2014 Mslexia Memoir Competition and the 2015 Mslexia Short Story Prize.