**A hauntingly powerful and moving lost classic of AIDS literature, translated into English for the first time.“Terribly powerful... The style and structure are stunning.” —Télérama**Christophe Bourdin was certain he would be the author of a single book. Diagnosed HIV-positive at the height of the epidemic in Paris, he began writing the exquisitely beautiful, painfully intense pages that would become The Thread, a singular work that blends vivid testimony ...