Call Me by Your Name (MTI): A Novel
Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar(TM) Nominee James Ivory
The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay A New York Times BestsellerA USA Today Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
A Vulture Book Club Pick An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's 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. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction A New York Times Notable Book of the Year - A Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post Best Book of the Year - A New York Magazine "Future Canon" Selection - A Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch's) Favorite Favorite Book of the Year
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The book was a bit hard to follow at times and this may be one occasion where the movie did such a phenomenal job encompassing the two main characters, that I actually enjoyed the book more because of the movie.
Not a romance fiend in any sense, but I finished it in a week. Truth be told, this book may not be the most 'comfortable' of reads for some, but I can appreciate it for what is - a good read.
4.5/5
The prose in this book is so exquisitely poetic, and the slow build-up culminates in a heartrending (just as most of the book is) yet wonderfully executed ending. However, I found that the book didn't sustain its enjoyment throughout, mostly in the little things, like how those thoughts and actions of the overly-obsessed and infatuated Elio felt a bit too extreme for my liking sometimes. Oliver, too, seemed unlikeable. But I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt since obsessive love is kind of the main idea.
The prose in this book is so exquisitely poetic, and the slow build-up culminates in a heartrending (just as most of the book is) yet wonderfully executed ending. However, I found that the book didn't sustain its enjoyment throughout, mostly in the little things, like how those thoughts and actions of the overly-obsessed and infatuated Elio felt a bit too extreme for my liking sometimes. Oliver, too, seemed unlikeable. But I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt since obsessive love is kind of the main idea.
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