'A deeply moving depiction of first love, both tender and elegiac. 'Devastating and tender this is the book I wish I'd read when I was 15, and a book I'm glad to have as a companion now' Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of Physical 'An intense, unforgettable novel, alive with the ache of longing and loss.' Sarah Waters, bestselling, award-winning author of The Little Stranger and Fingersmith It will become a classic.' Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of Middle England 'It has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It's the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas.ĭazzlingly rendered by Molly Ringwald, the acclaimed actor and writer, in her first-ever translation, Besson's exquisitely moving coming-of-age story captures the tenderness of first love - and the heart-breaking passage of time.
What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. 'A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing, bestselling author of Crudo 'Stunning and heart-gripping' Andre Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Bessonthe 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.
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