From the author of the international bestseller Lie with Me comes the tale of an affair between an aristocratic teenager and a soldier, as they discover the possibilities and perils of first love.Summer, 1916. With German Zeppelins on the skyline, th...
Lucas’s brother Thomas is dying. At their childhood holiday home, the two brothers wait for Lucas to die. Besson’s dispassionate observation of disease and death is haunting, as he portrays the inability of others to cope with Thomas’ illness a...
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 internation...