![]() ![]() “It’s hard to talk about specific inspiration because it can give away spoilers, but I drew some elements from my personal experience, which I talk about in the author’s note at the end of the book,” Van Rensburg says. I kept going back to it, adding details, where they came from, where they were staying, etc.”įeminism and women’s issues are a recurring theme in her work. One day, this scene came to me of this couple talking as they walked through the snow in what looked like a remote area. “I initially need to mull things over a lot and stitch scenes and situations together until a narrative emerges. “I carried the initial idea in my head for a long time, playing around with little scenes and what ifs. Van Rensburg, who is French but lives in the UK, says she wanted to turn the trope of the younger woman/older man relationship on its head and shift the power dynamics of predator vs prey. This is the premise behind Laure Van Rensburg’s stunning debut NOBODY BUT US. As they realize neither of them is quite who they say they are, they discover that one of them won’t escape the weekend alive. Instead of the romantic break by the sea they anticipated, they find themselves stranded in an isolated house near Chesapeake Bay during a snowstorm. Each learns the other harbors secrets, and one of those secrets is deadly. When NYU grad student Ellie and older Barnard College professor Steven take their first trip together, an idyllic weekend turns dark. ![]() A Blizzard, an Isolated Vacation House, and a Sexy Lover-What Could Go Wrong? ![]()
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