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How much of yourself you have to leave behind in order to look like everyone else

Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

October 5, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

I’m in this state of one-way desire. I feel this desire swarming in my belly and running up my spine. But I have to constantly contain and compress it so that it doesn’t betray me in front of others. Because I’ve already understood that desire is visible. ― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me I’m guessing that there was probably no bolt of lightning, just a warm night full of wine and fluttering moths and the feeling that nothing is really important and everything is possible. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: 1980's, AIDS crisis, coming of age novel, first love, forbidden love, France, gay fiction, gay love, gay romance, Longing, Nineteen eighties, Philippe Besson, queer romance, teenage romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: 1980's, AIDS crisis, coming of age novel, first love, forbidden love, France, gay fiction, gay love, gay romance, Longing, Nineteen eighties, Philippe Besson, queer romance, teenage romance ·
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