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Kate Elizabeth Russell
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2000. Dans un prestigieux pensionnat de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, Vanessa Wye, élève brillante de quinze ans, tombe sous le charme de Jacob Strane, son professeur de littérature de quarante-deux ans. Débute alors une relation qui va durer des années.
2017. Strane est accusé d'abus sexuel par l'une de ses anciennes élèves. Vanessa, contactée par cette dernière, replonge dans ses souvenirs de jeunesse. Peu à peu émergent des doutes qui ne l'avaient jamais traversée. Mais peut-elle remettre en question son premier amour, cette relation fondatrice qui a infléchi le cours de sa vie ? Est-il possible qu'elle se soit à ce point trompée sur cet homme qui lui déclarait son amour éternel ? Le chemin sera long, de l'ombre à la lumière...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S BREAKOUT AUTHOR TO WATCH IN 2020 "Brilliant and stunning . . . an absolute must read." - GILLIAN FLYNN "A well-constructed package of dynamite." - STEPHEN KING 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 naive 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.
