My Dark Vanessa

A Novel

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<strong>INSTANT <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> BESTSELLER </strong><p><strong>"[An] exceedingly complex, inventive, resourceful examination of harm and power." -<em>The New York Times Book Review</em>, Editors' Choice</strong></p><p><strong>"A lightning rod . . . brilliantly crafted."-<em>The Washington Post</em></strong></p><p><strong>Recommended by <em>The New York Times</em> </strong><em>- </em><strong><em>USA Today - Entertainment Weekly </em>- <em>Marie Claire - Elle </em></strong><em>- </em><strong><em>Harper's Bazaar</em></strong><em> - </em><strong><em>Newsweek - New York Post - Esquire - Real Simple - The Sunday Times </em></strong><em>- </em><strong><em>The Guardian </em></strong><em>- </em><strong>and more!</strong></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p><em>2000</em>. 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.</p><p><em>2017.</em> 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?</p><p>Alternating between Vanessa's present and her past, <em>My Dark Vanessa</em> juxtaposes memory and trauma w

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780062976802

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

228 x 156 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Verlag / Hersteller

William Morrow