"Ultimately, simply a beautiful and poignant love story, a short and very French tale whose sparse, delicate prose is gorgeously translated by Molly Ringwald, retaining all of its heart-stopping power. Triggered by the sighting, he traces the story of his secret high-school affair with that lover: It was brief in tenure but formed the mold into which he has since tried to press every other romantic relationship." who catches a glimpse of what he thinks is a past lover in a hotel. Lie With Me is the story of a successful (unnamed) French novelist. " This Year’s Call Me by Your Name Is French: More Meta But Just As Hot. The book reads like a photograph, faded but composed: the bac, linden trees, a green Simca 1100, Lino Ventura. Elle deemed it “the French Brokeback Mountain". "An elegiac tale of first, hidden love between two teen-age boys who have no chance of a shared future, Lie With Me sold more than a hundred thousand copies in France, where it won several prizes and is being made into a movie. Ayten Tartici, The New York Times Book Review Equal parts Andre Aciman and Marguerite Duras." the novel captures the full tragedy of the closet. Without ever acknowledging they know each other in the halls, they steal time to meet in secret, carrying on a passionate, world-altering affair.ĭazzlingly rendered in English by Ringwald in her first-ever translation, Besson’s powerfully moving coming-of-age story captures the eroticism and tenderness of first love-and the heartbreaking passage of time. What follows is a look back at the relationship he’s never forgotten, a hidden affair with a gorgeous boy named Thomas during their last year of high school. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I’m frightened when the wheels slip on the gravel on the dirt road, but the only thing that matters is that I’m holding on to him, that I’m holding on to him outside. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson-“the French Brokeback Mountain” ( Elle)-about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. “Stunning and heart-gripping.” -André Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name
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