Vladimir: A Novel Hardcover – February 1, 2022 by Julia May Jonas

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Author: Jonas Julia May

Package Dimensions: 17x229x445

Number Of Pages: 256

Release Date: 01-02-2022

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A provocative, razor-sharp, and timely debut novel about a beloved English professor facing a slew of accusations against her professor husband by 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 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.
Review
“Funny, wise and instantly engaging,
Vladimir is how I like my thrill rides: brainy and sexy.”
—Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go Bernadette

“
Vladimir is a thrilling debut—smart, sharp, and über provocative. I devoured it with fascination and awe.” —
Lily King, author of Writers and Lovers

“Like the man she shackles to a chair in the prologue, once this narrator has you, she won’t let go. A remarkable debut.”
—*starred* Kirkus Reviews

“Droll, dry, and pacy,
Vladimir is deliciously unsparing and enormous fun.”
—Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk About Kevin

“Mordantly funny…[Jonas] generously studs the narrative with clever literary allusions… and surprisingly upends assumptions about gender, power, and shame.
—Publishers Weekly

”
Vladimir is among the best novels of the past two decades. Astonishing, magnificent, dazzling, deeply moving—and also deeply funny—it reminded me of some of my favorite works of fiction, from
The Age of Innocence to
Revolutionary Road to
Le Divorce. It is the rare novel that I hoped would never, ever end.”
—Joanna Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year

“A reminder that the best art involves a search for truth.
Vladimir is funny, clear, awake, vivid.”
—Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana

“A whip smart and ferociously clever tale of swirling allegiances, literary rivalries, and romantic tripwires detonating hidden mines—
Vladimir is an extraordinary debut.” —
Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game

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