My Dark Vanessa

A Novel

Valutazione 4.5
16 ore 2 min
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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.

Includes a bonus conversation with Kate Elizabeth Russell, Grace Gummer, and Jessica Williams (editor of My Dark Vanessa).

This audiobook includes an episode of the Book Club Girl Podcast, featuring an interview with Kate Elizabeth Russell about My Dark Vanessa.

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Tempo Audiolibro:

16 ore 2 min

Lingue:

Inglese

Pubblicato:

10/3/2020

Editore Audiolibro:

HarperAudio

ISBN Audiolibro:

9780062941534

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Recensioni di My Dark Vanessa

Jokaisen pitäisi lukea tämä kirja. Upea ja hirveä kertomus, johon pystyy samaistumaan liian hyvin (ei siis kirjaimellisesti tapahtumiin mutta kuvaa hyvin kulttuurillisesti mitä on kasvaa tyttönä/naisena, miten nuoruuttamme ja lapsen omaisuutta ihaillaan - miten tyttömäinen naivius koetaan haluttatavaksi populaarikulttuurissa asti. Kompelksisia ajatus kulkuja ja tunteita kuvataan jäätävän hyvin. Samaistuin niin että ihan hämmentää. Upea.

Sofia

Heavy and heartbreaking. Not a pleasant book, but definitely one of the best I've ever read. My heart aches for all the Vanessas out there. The narrator did a fantastical job, especially with the variation of intonation between present and past. When she narrates teenage Vanessa, she sounds cheerful and almost naive, which is a well done contrast whenever we change from present to the past. It really emphasises how young she truly was.

Laura

Ein zutiefst berührendes Buch über die subtile Manipulation eines jungen Mädchens durch ihren Lehrer, der sie sexuell missbraucht. Es sollte Pflichtlektüre in der Schule sein. Die Sprecherin ist phänomenal!!

Bernadette

Heartbreaking and eye opening

Otilia