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Call Me By Your Name

By Andre Aciman
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Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman is a tender and intense coming-of-age novel set in 1980s Italy. It explores the deeply emotional and transformative summer romance between young Elio and the charming Oliver, who stays at Elio's family villa. The story delves into themes of desire, introspection, and the complexities of human connection.
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This book may appeal to you if you're drawn to stories of intense, transformative romances that unfold during a sun-drenched summer. It explores themes of desire and the complexities of human emotions, offering a deep dive into the inner lives of its characters through beautifully crafted prose. If you enjoy exploring themes of identity and self-discovery within a richly evocative setting, this novel might capture your heart.

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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.

This amazing novel about first love, published to a roar of acclaim, is now available in paperback: 'A superb novel about the sensuous light of the Mediterranean summer, the languorous days and nights filled with desire... wonderful.' Colm Toibin

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Extraordinary . . . Evocative, poetic and deeply beautiful . . . This riff on longing, sexual awakening and the impact of the past will strike an exquisite chord with those falling in love for the first time (or out of love for the last time). Tatler

Call Me By Your Name tells 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. Currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire threaten to overwhelm the lovers, who at first feign indifference to the charge between them. What ensues is a romance of scarcely six weeks' duration, yet an experience that will mark them for a lifetime.

For what Elio and Oliver discover on the Riviera, and again during a sultry evening in Rome, is the one thing they both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.

Quite simply, brilliant . . . This is an elegy, a celebration, a meditation on the truth of passion that is nuanced and universal. It is a tremendous debut. Francesca Segal, Observer

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Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman receives high praise for its poetic and evocative storytelling, capturing the intensity and tenderness of a summer romance. Critics highlight its humane and beautiful exploration of love, with descriptions of both paradise found and lost. The book is lauded as deeply moving, a miracle, and an exceptionally beautiful read that resonates deeply with readers.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781843546535

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Atlantic Books

Edition: Main - Original PB

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 251g

Pages: 256

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Andre Aciman Fiction General Fiction LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ Romance Literary Fiction

About the Author

Andre Aciman teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives with his family in Manhattan. This is his first novel.

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