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My Dark Vanessa

by Kate Elizabeth Russell
My Dark Vanessa
My Dark Vanessa

Disturbing tale of youth manipulation and perspective.

"My Dark Vanessa" will resonate if you're interested in stories that challenge and unsettle, offering no easy resolutions. This is a book that tackles difficult subjects such as consent, manipulation, and the complexities of victimhood through the lens of a provocative relationship. It's as much a personal journey of self-reckoning as it is a commentary on society's shifting views on abuse and power dynamics. If you're ready for a book that refuses to shy away from discomfort, this could be for you.

  • Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Novel (2020)
  • Lovelybooks Leserpreis Nominee for Romane (2020)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

My Dark Vanessa

by Kate Elizabeth Russell
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ISBN: 9780008342258
Authors: Kate Elizabeth Russell
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date of Publication: 2020-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Thriller, Feminism, Literary Criticism
Goodreads rating: 4.1
(rated by 386369 readers)

Description

An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher. Vanessa Wye was fifteen years old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student of his. 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. But now, in 2017, in the midst of allegations against powerful men, she is being asked to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, and as riveting as it is disturbing, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues our age is grappling with.
 

Disturbing tale of youth manipulation and perspective.

"My Dark Vanessa" will resonate if you're interested in stories that challenge and unsettle, offering no easy resolutions. This is a book that tackles difficult subjects such as consent, manipulation, and the complexities of victimhood through the lens of a provocative relationship. It's as much a personal journey of self-reckoning as it is a commentary on society's shifting views on abuse and power dynamics. If you're ready for a book that refuses to shy away from discomfort, this could be for you.

  • Dylan Thomas Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Novel (2020)
  • Lovelybooks Leserpreis Nominee for Romane (2020)
  • The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominee for Longlist (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.