Descrizione del libro
An instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellerSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 DYLAN THOMAS AWARD'A package of dynamite' Stephen King
‘Powerful, compulsive, brilliant’ Marian Keyes
An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher
ALL HE DID WAS FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AND THE WORLD TURNED HIM INTO A MONSTER
Vanessa Wye was fifteen-years-old when she first had sex with her English teacher.
She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student.
Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn't abuse. It was love. She's sure of that.
Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many.
Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.
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Recensioni di My Dark Vanessa
Eins der fesselnsten Bücher die ich je gelesen habe. Hart. Rührend. Verstörend. Fesselnd. Die trigger-warnungen sind ernst zu nehmen - die Autorin nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund. Wunderbar vorgelesen und ins Leben gerufen. Grosse Empfehlung - mit Vorsicht geniessen.
Tatjana
Profound and thought-provoking! Will definitely be thinking about this book for a while.
Alison
To heavily reliant on Lolita and drags heavily
Rebecca
Very interesting reading from the victim's perspective and the strong parallels drawn from Lolita. Great narration!
Nazia