Call Me by Your Name
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
The story of a sudden and powerful romance that blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father's house guest Oliver over the course of a restless summer on the Italian Riviera.
Call Me By Your Name Series
This series delves into the intense and transformative summer that shapes the lives of two young men on the Italian Riviera. It captures the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest. The consequences of their mutual attraction are unexpected, revealing complex currents of obsession, fear, fascination, and desire that deepen their connection. The work masterfully portrays the psychological dance of attraction, creating a poignant elegy to human passion that remains unforgettable.
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Find Me
- 272 pages
- 10 hours of reading
In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit his son, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Samuel's plans and changes his life forever. Later, Elio moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and emotional nuances that are the substance of passion. Find Me brings us back inside the magic circle of one of our great contemporary romances to explore whether, in fact, true love lives on