Julia May Jonas

Le délicieux Professeur V.

Vladimir

September 7, 2023
First Novel
304 pages
23 €
9782494466258
978-2-4944-6625-8
																Julia May Jonas, Le délicieux Professeur V.
																Julia May Jonas, Le délicieux Professeur V.

“When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.” And so we are introduced to our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose charismatic husband at the same small liberal arts college is under investigation for his inappropriate relationships with his former students. The couple have long had a mutual understanding when it comes to their extra-marital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both. And when our narrator becomes increasingly infatuated with Vladimir, a celebrated, married young novelist who’s just arrived on campus, their tinder box world comes dangerously close to exploding.

With this bold, edgy, and uncommonly assured debut, author Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the boundaries of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Propulsive, darkly funny, and wildly entertaining, Vladimir perfectly captures the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the nuances and the grey area between power and desire.

The author

Born in 1981, Julia May Jonas is a writer, director and theater company director. She has taught at several American universities and lives in Brooklyn with her family. Vladimir is her first novel.

Noteworthy

A critically acclaimed first novel that has already been translated into several languages.

A wonderful portrait of a sixty year old woman who questions our time and its feminist claims by exploring the notion of female desire.

September 7, 2023
First Novel
304 pages
23 €
9782494466258
978-2-4944-6625-8