"Delightful...a witty dance with the ghost of Nabokov and a razor-edged commentary on academia at our current fraught moment...by turns, cathartic, devious and terrifically entertaining." -Jean Hanff Korelitz, The New York Times
"A virtuoso debut...our unnamed narrator [is] so witty, sharp and seductive that, as a reader, I was pretty much putty in her hands." -Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air
"Vladimir goes into such outrageous territory that my jaw literally dropped at moments while I was reading it. There's a rare blend here of depth of character, mesmerizing prose, and fast-paced action." -Kate Tuttle, The Boston Globe
"Jonas, with a potent, pumping voice, has drawn a character so powerfully candid that when she
does things that are malicious, dangerous and, yes, predatory, we only want her to do them again." -Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times
"A deliciously dark fable of sex and power... Earmark an entire afternoon to devour this propulsive story of obsession, scandal, and transgressive desire." -Esquire
If Netflix's The Chair, Lisa Taddeo's best-seller Three Women, and the most compelling passages of Ottessa Moshfegh's Death in Her Hands had a love child (just go with me here), it would be this fiction debut. With a title character who's a sought-after young novelist new to a college faculty, Vladimir leaves the reader with more questions than answers-about sex, and sexual politics-in the most delicious way. -Entertainment Weekly
"Jonas's narrator is a work of art in herself." -The Washington Post
"Timely, whip-smart, and darkly funny." -People (Book of the Week)
"[Vladimir] soldiers into charged territory... with an unreliable and at times almost defiantly unlikable narrator at the helm. This woman is no joke. She's ravenous-for rich and indulgent meals, big sloshing glasses of wine and sneaked cigarettes... In taking this older woman's desire deadly seriously, Vladimir proves seductively subversive." -USA Today
"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
"Wickedly smart and subversive, a sort of Lolita sent through the looking glass or a Rebecca in reverse... [Vladimir] has some of the best food writing I've come across this year." -Vox
"A subversive and modern take on Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita... Riveting and artfully rendered, Jonas' debut novel is a timely look at academic culture and shifting power dynamics that will leave you both laughing and gasping." -Newsweek
"Outrageously fun... Jonas unravels a taut and bold narrative about power, ambition, and female desire." -Time
