VLADIMIR [Signed]

Jonas, Julia May

ISBN 10: 1529080444 / ISBN 13: 9781529080445

Published by Picador, London, UK, 2022

About this Item

Octavo, 238 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is red with white and pink lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Signed flat by Julia May Jonas on tipped in page. Shelved in hallway. 1390914. Special Collections.

Seller Inventory # 1390914

Bibliographic Details

• Title: VLADIMIR [Signed]
• Publisher: Picador, London, UK
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529080444
• ISBN 13: 9781529080445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • US History
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year

'An astonishing debut . . . I was utterly hooked . . . by this twisty, sexy, shocking treat of a novel . . . How on earth will Julia May Jonas better this?' – The Sunday Times

A provocative, razor-sharp, and timely novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her husband from his former students – a situation that becomes more complicated when she herself develops an obsession of her own . . .

When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.

And so we meet our deliciously incisive narrator: a popular English professor whose husband, a charismatic professor 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 extramarital pursuits, but with these new allegations, life has become far less comfortable for them both.

And when our unnamed 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.

Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the restrictions of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Darkly funny and moving, Vladimir maps the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the messy contradictions of power and desire.

About the Author

Julia May Jonas is a playwright and teaches theatre at Skidmore College. She holds an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn with her family. Vladimir is her debut novel.