My
Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Russell
manages a brutal originality. . . . [an] exceedingly complex, inventive,
resourceful examination of harm and power.” —The New York Times Book Review,
Editors’ Choice
“To
call this book a ‘conversation piece’ or ‘an important book’ feels belittling .
. . [it] is so much more than that. It’s a lightning rod. A brilliantly crafted
novel.”—The Washington Post
A
most anticipated book by The New York Times • USA Today • Entertainment Weekly
• Marie Claire • Elle • Harper's Bazaar • Bustle • Newsweek • New York Post •
Esquire • Real Simple • The Sunday Times
• The Guardian
Exploring
the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve
teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant,
all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new
writer.
2000. Bright, ambitious, and
yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an
affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English
teacher.
2017. Amid the rising wave of
allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been
accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and
now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent,
firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this
relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can
Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and
has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she
loved as a teenager—and who professed to worship only her—may be far different
from what she has always believed?
Alternating between Vanessa’s
present and her past, My Dark Vanessa juxtaposes memory and trauma with the
breathless excitement of a teenage girl discovering the power her own body can
wield. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down, this is a masterful
portrayal of troubled adolescence and its repercussions that raises vital
questions about agency, consent, complicity, and victimhood. Written with the
haunting intimacy of The Girls and the creeping intensity of Room, My Dark
Vanessa is an era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects the
shifting cultural mores transforming our relationships and society itself.
Product
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File Size :
1414 KB
Print Length : 384 pages
Publisher :
William Morrow (March 10, 2020)
Publication Date : March 10, 2020
Sold by : Amazon.com Services
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Language : English
ASIN : B07R8V69FN
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