“Stunning and heart-gripping.” —André Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name
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
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.
We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. 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.
Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. 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. Without ever acknowledging they know each other in the halls, they steal time to meet in secret, carrying on a passionate, world-altering affair.
Dazzlingly 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.
作者简介
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Philippe Besson is an author, screenwriter, and playwright. His first novel, In the Absence of Men, was awarded the Emmanuel-Roblès Prize in 2001, and he is also the author of, among others, Late Autumn (Grand Prize RTL-Lire), A Boy from Italy, and The Atlantic House. In 2017 he published Lie With Me, which has sold more than 120,000 copies and was awarded the Maisons de la Pre...
Philippe Besson is an author, screenwriter, and playwright. His first novel, In the Absence of Men, was awarded the Emmanuel-Roblès Prize in 2001, and he is also the author of, among others, Late Autumn (Grand Prize RTL-Lire), A Boy from Italy, and The Atlantic House. In 2017 he published Lie With Me, which has sold more than 120,000 copies and was awarded the Maisons de la Presse Prize, and A Character from a Novel, an intimate portrait of Emmanuel Macron during his presidential campaign. His novels have been translated into twenty different languages.
Molly Ringwald's writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vogue, and she is the author of the bestselling novel-in-stories When It Happens to You.
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I don't know then that one day I won't be seventeen. I don't know that youth doesn't last, that it's only a moment, abd then it disapears and by the time you finally realize it, it's too late. It's finished, vanished lost. (查看原文)
It was love, of course. And tomorrow, there will be emptiness. You have your life waiting for you, and i will never change. I just wanted to write to tell you that i have been happy during these mont...It was love, of course. And tomorrow, there will be emptiness. You have your life waiting for you, and i will never change. I just wanted to write to tell you that i have been happy during these months together, that i have never been so happy, and that i already know i will never be so happy again.
I'm simply on the verge of shedding tears.(展开)
实际阅读时间——2026年4月28日 ◆ 平淡中杂著忧伤。——哪有这样片段式的写法啊，真是顺应时代潮流……——i still remember that day, when he napped a little on the carpet of my house, and remember that face, which i tried hard to hold back myself from kissing. i...
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It’s a heartbreaking story about first love, hidden desires, and the weight of shame. Thomas knew from the beginning that he and Philippe didn’t belong to the same world, and I was deeply moved by his quiet awareness of their inevitable separation. This c...
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A beautiful and heartbreaking novel of first love. The book starts with the narrator making detailed observations of Thomas, his first love, who also has us mesmerized. The story of their relationship felt like a combination of Normal People and Heartstoppe...
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I stick to who I am. In silence, of course, but it's a proud, stubborn silence. There is beauty in the hope of cunquest. But impossibility, by nature, carries with it a sense of defeat. Doesn't matter where you go, just change the scenery. I respect everyon...
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4 有用 Slowboat 2022-07-24 15:45:21
如果不是看到讨论组里那张照片，单看简介，我大概不会来看这本书。两个寡言少年，犹如七月烟火般的爱，在两人的世界里灿烂过，然后消逝。余韵却延绵在此后的人生里。好想Thomas，会灵活开锁的Thomas，说起他妈妈的Thomas，在西班牙烈日下疯狂干农活的Thomas。我也想知道很多重要的时刻里，他在想什么。
2 有用 欢乐时光队长 2021-10-04 19:27:01
读的新版，买完才发现推荐人有André Aciman，所以感觉不出意外会是一个cmbyn式的故事，或者续集。看完倒也觉得还好，觉得两个人没办法在一起还不就是那点原因，好没意思。（感觉thomas视角来写这个故事会更有趣。）
1 有用 林月湮 2023-10-28 00:28:03 湖南
我错了，我向Philippe Besson道歉，我不该在看前两章的时候说你是个三流法国同性小说作家的，最后2016那章写的太好了，Thomas好决绝一人，他儿子揭示真相时我整个人都被刀麻了，几句话写出Thomas的一生。
1 有用 撒哈拉的巴黎人 2020-03-01 08:33:10
最后一页，可以哭一天。
12 有用 glowwithin 2020-03-19 09:01:53
It was love, of course. And tomorrow, there will be emptiness. You have your life waiting for you, and i will never change. I just wanted to write to tell you that i have been happy during these mont... It was love, of course. And tomorrow, there will be emptiness. You have your life waiting for you, and i will never change. I just wanted to write to tell you that i have been happy during these months together, that i have never been so happy, and that i already know i will never be so happy again. I'm simply on the verge of shedding tears. (展开)