About this Event
Join The Bondi Literary Salon, hosted by David Francis, for our next Book Club get-together. We'll be discussing Julia May Jonas's debut novel, Vladimir.
WHEN: Wednesday, 27th July, 2022, at Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore, this event will be hosted in-store so please arrive at 6:45pm for our prompt 7pm start.
TICKETS: Admission, $20.00 (excluding external fees). Your ticket includes a drink on arrival and nibbles on the evening.
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.
About Vladimir
'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 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 extramarital 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 her bold, edgy, and uncommonly assured literary debut, Julia May Jonas takes us into charged territory, where the strictures of morality bump up against the impulses of the human heart. Propulsive, darkly funny, and surreptitiously moving, Vladimir maps the personal and political minefield of our current moment, exposing the messy contradictions of power and desire.
About
Rated as one of the top 10 bookstores in the world by National Geographic, Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore is an oasis for writers, readers and coffee lovers. Books overflow from the shelves of their store, featuring a mix of new, second-hand, antiquarian and rare books. Stay a while & enjoy some home made chai, amazing coffee and unearth a book treasure or two. Read more about the bookstore's story here, and about the real Gertrude & Alice here.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore, 46 Hall Street, Bondi Beach, Australia
AUD 20.00