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"Depuis tant d'années, je tourne en rond dans ma cage, mes rêves sont peuplés de meurtre et de vengeance. Jusqu'au jour où la solution se présente enfin, là, sous mes yeux, comme une évidence : prendre le chasseur à son propre piège, l'enfermer dans un livre." Séduite à l'âge de quatorze ans par un célèbre écrivain quinquagénaire, Vanessa Springora dépeint, trois décennies plus tard, l'emprise que cet homme a exercée sur elle et la trace durable de cette relation tout au long de sa vie de femme.

Con 13 años, Vanessa Springora conoce a Gabriel Matzneff, un apasionado escritor 36 años mayor que ella, tras cuyo prestigio y carisma se esconde un depredador. Después de un meticuloso cortejo, la adolescente se entrega a él en cuerpo y alma, cegada por el amor e ignorante de que sus relaciones con menores llevan años nutriendo su producción literaria.

Consent is the story of one precocious young girl’s stolen adolescence. Devastating in its honesty, Vanessa’s painstakingly memoir lays bare the cultural attitudes and circumstances that made it possible for a 13-year-old girl to become involved with a 50-year-old man who happened to be a notable writer. As she recalls the events of her childhood and her seduction by one of her country’s most notable writers, Vanessa reflects on the ways in which this disturbing relationship changed and affected her as she grew older.

Thirty years ago, Vanessa Springora was the teenage muse of one of France’s most celebrated writers, a footnote in the narrative of an influential man. At the end of 2019, as women around the world began to speak out, Springora, now in her 40s and the director of one of France’s leading publishing houses, decided to reclaim her story. Consent is the story of her stolen adolescence. Devastating in its honesty, Springora’s memoir lays bare the cultural attitudes and circumstances that made it possible for a 13-year-old girl to become involved with a 50-year-old man.

Cresciuta da una madre divorziata che lavora in una casa editrice, V. colma con la lettura il vuoto lasciato dalla figura assente del padre. A tredici anni, durante una cena, incontra G., un celebre scrittore cinquantenne che, sin dal primo sguardo, la colpisce per il suo carisma e le attenzioni che le rivolge. Rassicurata dai suoi modi gentili e galanti e dallo sguardo clemente della madre, lei si offre a lui, corpo e anima.

Há trinta anos, Vanessa Springora foi a musa adolescente de um dos escritores mais célebres da França, uma nota de rodapé na narrativa de um homem influente no mundo literário francês. No fim de 2019, quando mulheres do mundo todo começaram a se manifestar, a autora, agora na casa dos quarenta anos, decidiu resgatar a própria história. O consentimento narra a adolescência roubada de uma jovem precoce. Devastadora em sua honestidade.