Lie with Me (novel) explained
| Lie with Me |
| Author: | Philippe Besson |
| Translator: | Molly Ringwald |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Genre: | Romance |
| Publisher: | Julliard (France)
Penguin Random House (United States) |
| Pub Date: | 5 January 2017 (France)
5 September 2019 (U.S.) |
| Pages: | 190 (original edition)
160 pages (English edition) |
| Isbn: | 2260029884 |
Lie with Me (French: Arrête avec tes mensonges|lit=''Stop with Your Lies'') is a novel by French writer Philippe Besson. It was published in 2017 to critical acclaim, and became a bestseller in France.[1] It was translated into English by Molly Ringwald under the title Lie with Me and was lauded by English-language reviewers.[2] [3]
Plot
Set in 1984 in the rural French town of Barbezieux, the novel recounts the teenage love affair between the narrator and his schoolmate, Thomas Andrieu.[4]
Writing
Besson, in a piece published in January 2020, noted the influence of The Lover by Marguerite Duras onto Lie with Me:
Reception
The novel became a bestseller in France.[1] The novel won the Prix Psychologies du Roman inspiran and the Prix Maison de la Presse.[5] [6] The novel was a finalist for the Prix Orange du Livre.[7]
The novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which premiered at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 27 August 2022.[8] It was also adapted into a play performed in January 2023 at the Théâtre de la Tempête in Paris.[9]
Notes and References
- News: Hadley. Tessa. Lie With Me by Philippe Besson review – a French bestseller. September 6, 2019. The Guardian. August 6, 2021. June 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210629012750/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/06/lie-with-me-philippe-besson-review. live.
- Web site: NPR Cookie Consent and Choices. NPR. 2021-08-06. 2021-06-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210158/https://choice.npr.org/index.html?origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F05%2F01%2F718704123%2Flie-with-me-captures-the-wistfulness-of-first-love-and-first-loss. live.
- Collins. Lauren. Lauren Collins (journalist). Philippe Besson's Book of a Lifetime. May 9, 2019. The New Yorker. June 21, 2021. May 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517084728/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/20/philippe-bessons-book-of-a-lifetime. live.
- Web site: This Year’s Call Me by Your Name Is French: More Meta But Just As Hot. Hillary. Kelly. May 1, 2019. Vulture. June 21, 2021. June 24, 2021. limited. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203855/https://www.vulture.com/2019/05/lie-with-me-by-philippe-besson-metafiction-about-teen-love.html. live.
- Web site: Le prix Maison de la presse révèle sa sélection finale 2017 . 2023-09-10 . Livres Hebdo . fr.
- Web site: Prix Psychologies du Roman Livres Hebdo . 2023-09-10 . archive.wikiwix.com.
- News: Aïssaoui . Mohammed . 2017-05-03 . Prix Orange du Livre : les cinq finalistes . 2023-09-10 . . fr.
- Web site: Arrête avec tes mensonges . . 3 April 2023 . fr.
- Varlin . François . Philippe Besson voit son roman Arrête avec tes mensonges adapté au théâtre de la Tempête – (03/01/23) . 2023-09-10 . Théâtral Magazine . fr.
