Frederik Peeters was born in 1974 and lives in Geneva, where he's an established comics artist. Blue Pills, which has sold in a number of languages (including Polish and Korean) and been nominated for several prestigious comic book awards, is his most well-known book, and the first to be translated into English. It has sold over 20,000 copies in its original French.
An intimate, poetic and accessible graphic memoir very much in the tradition of works by Marjane Satrapi, Craig Thompson and Alison Bechdel. One summer night at a teenage house party, Fred met Cati. Though they barely spoke, he vividly remembers her gracefulness juxtaposed with a wonderful, wild abandon. They meet again at a New Year's Party in 1999, and this time their connection is instantaneous. A few weeks later, when it looks like things might get serious, a very nervous Cati tells him that she and her three-year-old son are both HIV positive. With great beauty and economy, Peeters' traces the development of their emotional and sexual intimacy. The silver lining in their lives is the wonderful, down-to-earth doctor whose affection and frankness allow them to confront their fears about sex and fully realize their passionate connection. But when Cati's son gets sick and they have to administer a gruelling treatment (including the blue pills of the title), Fred comes face to face with death. His questions about life, love and illness are played out in a Socratic dialogue with a (very wise) mammoth who ultimately helps him to recognize that living with illness is also a gift; it has freed him to savour his life with Cati. Blue Pills explores a daunting and difficult subject in a way that is refreshingly honest, moving and revelatory. Peeters, while writing specifically about HIV, has also given us a nuanced and deeply personal story that will resonate with anyone who is intimately acquainted with any kind of illness - and all of us who have chosen to love in the face of challenges.
發表於2025-03-27
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文|輕禪 初識HIV,是在高中的生物課本上,自瞭解瞭HIV的可怕之後,便對這個詞産生瞭恐懼感。之後看電影《最愛》,男女主人公備受艾滋病摺磨,那場景直至今日仍曆曆在目。前段時間,我傢這邊也有人因艾滋病痛苦離世。這種種一切,如同一層厚重的陰影籠罩在心頭,讓我對這個詞的...
評分我和艾滋病病人相處過 故事應該比這本書麯摺很多很多 但遺憾的是並沒有書裏的happy ending 閤上書的最後一頁 我閉著眼睛想著他 想著同樣都是與hiv感染者相處 為何我卻是這樣的結局? 那些消除歧視 讓我們義無反顧去愛的話 相信其他人也都說瞭很多 我隻想在說說“同情心”這個話...
評分我和艾滋病病人相處過 故事應該比這本書麯摺很多很多 但遺憾的是並沒有書裏的happy ending 閤上書的最後一頁 我閉著眼睛想著他 想著同樣都是與hiv感染者相處 為何我卻是這樣的結局? 那些消除歧視 讓我們義無反顧去愛的話 相信其他人也都說瞭很多 我隻想在說說“同情心”這個話...
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可愛的小書
評分戀愛大過天。也許我們應該有與疾病共存的覺悟,即使不是艾滋,也會有癌癥心臟病等病痛,即使是牙痛關節痛什麼的也很煩。但利用科學,把痛苦和危險降低,使人可以正常生活,好好感受生存的苦與樂,好好戀愛,就ok瞭。
評分戀愛大過天。也許我們應該有與疾病共存的覺悟,即使不是艾滋,也會有癌癥心臟病等病痛,即使是牙痛關節痛什麼的也很煩。但利用科學,把痛苦和危險降低,使人可以正常生活,好好感受生存的苦與樂,好好戀愛,就ok瞭。
評分可愛的小書
評分作者的親身經歷改編,全程抱著一種很複雜的心態讀完,在一些情況下真是對書中的內容感同身受瞭,不僅限於HIV,對於疾病,他人的偏見和誤解會使一些病人永遠會活在精神與肉體的雙重痛苦中。書中的母子二人無疑是幸運的,他們遇到瞭愛他們的作者和心地善良的醫生與朋友,但在現實中的很多情況下可就不會這麼幸運瞭。不過無論如何這都是一本具有很強社會意義的好書,最後還是希望社會可以對一些疾病的偏見越來越少吧。另一方麵書中作者與大象進行的哲學思辨也很有啟發意義:疾病或許是最不幸的噩運,但同時也可能是絕佳的機會,或許它能重新讓你睜開眼睛,看到人生最重要的事。 我衷心希望事實真的如此。
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