Vladimir author Julia May Jonas: ‘We’re imprisoned by our obsessions’

As her debut novel becomes a Netflix series starring Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall, the American author talks about comparisons with Lolita, moving on from #MeToo and problematic authors When we meet in a cafe near her Brooklyn apartment, three weeks before the TV adaptation of her debut novel Vladimir hits Netflix, Julia May Jonas is feeling an anticipatory “mix of terror, excitement and dread”. The series stars Rachel Weisz as a professor in her 50s obsessed with a younger colleague, Vladimi...

By Hannah Marriott