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Call Me by Your Name: A Novel
by: Andre Aciman

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312426781
ISBN: 031242678X
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: January 22, 2008
Publisher: Picador
Release Date: January 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 10816
Studio: Picador

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

A Washington Post Best Fiction Book of the Year

A New York Magazine “Future Canon” Selection

A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year

One of The Seattle Times’ Michael Upchurch’s Favorite Books of the Year

An Amazon Top 100 Editors’ Picks of the Year

An Amazon Top 10 Editors’ pick: Debut Fiction (#6)

An Amazon Top 10 Editors’ pick: Gay & Lesbian (#1)

Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. André Aciman's critically acclaimed debut novel is a frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion.

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- A Modern Death in Venice?
Well, yes and no. While at first it seems painfully slow, you quickly realize that the descriptions behind this prolonged and passionate obsession by a young boy for his older and more experienced house guest lie at the very heart of the novel. But where Mann's older protagonist devolves like the spread of cholera in Venice, Aciman's youthful equivalent blossoms with the ripeness of a fresh peach at the family's Italian villa. If there were room for improvement it might be with the plot: Was it fiction here, or like Mann's story, are we peeking into the author's past? Then again, perhaps the hint of autobiography makes the story all the more compelling. Regardless, this novel is a delight and well worth the read.

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- Longing and misunderstandings in beautiful prose
Every year Elio's parents invite an overseas scholar to come to their summer cottage on the Italian coast to work on his manuscript. In the meantime he can make use of all the facilities, as long as he helps to keep up the intellectual conversation after the meals and helps Elio's father with his correspondence. The year that Elio, a very intelllectual boy, is 17 years old they have invited Oliver, a young scientist from America. From the beginning Elio is fascinated by Oluiver: the way he behaves, the way he talks, the way he moves, his ease in life, but somehow he does not know how to get through to Oliver. Sometimes it seems that there is contact, then something happens that drives them apart again. It takes until a few weeks before Oliver's leave for Elio and Oliver to really solve their misunderstandings, after which they become very dear friends. But Oliver has to return to America...

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- Oh, to be a ripe summer peach in Elio's room...
"Call Me by Your Name" is my favorite book since I can't remember when. More than a week after reading the last line, images of the Italian seaside and the characters continue to be etched in my mind. I hope they stay with me for a long while, and suspect that they will. I haven't had a book accomplish that feat in years. I agree with the reviews comparing the book somewhat to Catcher in the Rye because Elio's obsessive nature is so effectively captured by Aciman. However, he uses just the right mix of peering into his young character's mind to ground the very compelling coming of age story. And I like that the sometimes graphic gay theme plays second fiddle to the overall work, which is a testament to the masterful skill of the author. Aciman is certainly a gifted story teller, and I eagerly await his next book. As for the summer peach....well that's a surprise. I highly, highly recommend this book.

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- Exceptionally moving.
If only we all could express who we were at 17 with such grace, honesty and lucidity.

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