Lie With Me -

Philippe Besson

Scribner

2019

208 páginas

6h 56m

ISBN-10: 1501197878

While passing through the village where he grew up, the narrator, Philippe, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love, Thomas. What follows is an account of the relationship, twenty-five years earlier, between two teenagers from different social spheres: the bookish Philippe and the popular Thomas barely acknowledge one other at school—and yet, stealing time to meet alone, they carry on a passionate and secretive affair. The son of farmers, Thomas is trapped by convention and eventually ends the affair. When, decades later, Philippe encounters Thomas’s son, he finds out what became of Thomas, finally bringing a resolution to the relationship that defined his youth.

Resenhas (97)

5 (Perfeito)

Because you will leave and we will stay

Esse livro segue a história de Philippe, um rapaz de 17 anos cursando o último ano do ensino médio na França de 1984, e como ele se apaixona por Thomas, um jovem taciturno e anti-social.

A história é muito linda, a escrita evoca um sentimento de nostalgia, de tristeza, de esperança.
Conhecemos os personagens pela mente do protagonista, que talvez não seja um narrador confiável.
Durante o livro inteiro eu não gostei de Thomas, mas o final me fez questionar tudo.
Esse livro é sensacional, tem muitas frases maravilhosas que te fazem refletir sobre amor e perda.

"Later I will write about this longing, the intolerable deprivation of the other. I will write about the sadness that eats away at you, making you crazy. It will become the template for my books, in spite of myself. I wonder sometimes if I have ever written of anything else. It's as if I never recovered from it: the inaccessible other, occupying all my thoughts.”

"He says: Because you are not like all the others, because I don't see anyone but you and you don't even realize it. He adds this phrase, which for me is unforgettable: Because you will leave and we will stay."