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The Gentleman From Peru

A dazzling summer story from the bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name
By André Aciman
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'Another masterful tale of longing and desire.' Glamour 'You don't so much read André Aciman's novels as tumble breathlessly into them.' The Times We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming... but we're all crawling... Read More
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A dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story from the global bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name.

A dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story from the global bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name.

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'Another masterful tale of longing and desire.' Glamour

'You don't so much read André Aciman's novels as tumble breathlessly into them.' The Times

We spend more time than we know trying to go back. We call it fantasising, we call it dreaming... but we're all crawling back, each in his or her own way.

A group of college friends find themselves marooned at a luxurious hotel on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. While their boat is being repaired, they can't help but observe the daily routine of a fellow hotel guest - a mysterious, white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette, sometimes two. When the group decides to invite the elegant traveller to lunch with them, they cannot begin to imagine the miraculous abilities, strange wisdom, and a life-changing story he is about to impart to one of the friends in particular...

Deeply atmospheric and sensual, The Gentleman From Peru weaves achingly poignant insight into a story of regret, fate and epic love.

Readers loved The Gentleman from Peru:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Love love loved this... I felt the heat rise from the page'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A beautiful depiction of a moment that will stay with me'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Magic... a rare story you will remember forever'

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Beautiful and poignant, a perfect read for the summer'

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ISBN: 9780571385126

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

André Aciman is the New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, Out of Egypt, Eight White Nights, False Papers, Alibis, and Harvard Square, Enigma Variations, Find Me, and the essay collection Homo Irrealis. He's the editor of The Proust Project and teaches comparative literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He lives with his wife in Manhattan.

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