Lie With Me

　　兩個男孩充滿柔情與心痛的愛戀，隨著時間遠去，他們又留下什麼、變成什麼樣子呢？

　　在波爾多的一家酒店外面，作家菲利普（Philippe）遇見了一名年輕男子，他與他的初戀有著驚人相似之處，讓菲利普陷入了回憶中……。

　　回顧菲利普的青少年時期：1984年的一個冬天的早晨，一所小型的法國高中裡，兩個十七歲的孩子相遇了。這是菲利普和他的同學托馬斯（Thomas）之間秘密、激情、改變世界的愛情初始。身為校長之子的菲利普，深深地被俊美、善感的托馬斯吸引。他們隨後墜入秘密的戀情。

　　然而當菲利普和托馬斯隨著時光流轉而漸行漸遠，托馬斯的兒子盧卡斯（Lucas）與菲利普因緣際會發展出不同形式的友誼，年華流動下的無奈和心碎，在文字中悠悠地舖張開來……。

　　貝松（Besson）以回憶錄的呈現方式，書寫了兩個男孩的愛戀。初戀的酸澀與甜美，在文字中蒸騰，令人著迷心醉。

　　本書英文版由著名演員兼作家莫莉‧林瓦爾德（Molly Ringwald）翻譯，她成功地將貝松筆下精緻動人的情節精彩呈現在讀者眼前。(文/博客來編譯)

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　　“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.