Oliver’s character is given a level of softness and intrigue that I personally believe the motion picture grossly left out. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. I’m sure you’ve heard this many times before, but the book is so much better than the movie. Almost a … Please try again. Something went wrong. I hear the director is top notch and after reading the book, I can give the same compliment to the author. A sequel to the novel, Find Me, was released in October 2019. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018. A first novel is usually judged by its "sophistication" level: by how much or how little the author sounds like a beginner. But once it gets going, oh boy does it get going. Call me by your name (Littérature) (French Edition), Call Me By Your Name: How a Little Film Touched So Many Lives. Like all great literature, this novel will remind you of other fine fiction: for example, James Joyce's long short story about tragic lost young love, "The Dead," as well as Annie Proulx's more recent and much praised "Brokeback Mountain." Its emphasis on psychology over plot does not leave it lacking in drive and movement. Aciman captures beautifully the psychological maneuverings of the boy and the man as he writes his lament about human passion. I really did want to read this novel, due to my love for Timothée. For the 2020 holiday season, returnable items shipped between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, 2021. This is now one of my favorite books. Aciman offers us an honest, unflinching portrait of total intimacy, showing how these two men gradually move from mere friendship to an all too brief, but intense, romantic encounter, in a small town on the Italian Riviera, and then later, one night, in Rome, shortly before Oliver flies back home. Without question, his fine novel deserves ample consideration, not only from those familiar with his excellent nonfiction prose, but also from others, such as yours truly, who are not fully acquainted with his work. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Like all poetry, it can survive dissection, but the least said about it, the better. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018. Aciman's portrait is truly compelling, and one that I found impossible to put down (No wonder why it has been considered for prominent literary awards, such as the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction. Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference. I'm a straight female but this book could have been written for any gender mix. Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2017. His and Oliver's story is universal and as old as civilization itself. I have read this book multiple times and always return to it. Please try again. A woman must hide the truth of who she loves - from herself. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Books, Extended holiday return window till Jan 31, 2021, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The novel can be considered a coming-of-age story (a dangerously over-used subgenre in the wrong hands) as well as a love story. Here we have a story of love and regret that once read will not be quickly forgotten. Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 12 years ago, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME is one of those books so rich in story, in content, and in style of writing that it immediately becomes one of the great novels of the time. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Call Me By Your Name is filled with psychological insight, beauty, realism, poignancy, melancholy, regret, smiles, wonder, joy and celebration, and pathos. is both a notable exception and a true artistic accomplishment. I hear the director is top notch and after reading the book, I can give the same compliment to the author. The intimacy Elio experiences with Oliver is unparalleled and awakens in the protagonist an intensity that dances on the brink of obsession. And if I should hear that you died, my life as I know it, the me who is speaking with you now, will cease to exist.'" Personal, insightful, and funny, the topics we only share with our dear friends. The book is about a romance that blooms quite suddenly between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at the youth's parent's summer home on the Italian seaside. I read this after I saw and LOVED the film (wrong way around you might say - but I disagree) Timothee and Armie were Elio and Oliver when I was reading this. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. It went twenty years after and I think it was the best and most heartbreaking of the story. Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 1 year ago, Call Me By Your Name is an absolutely beautiful book. Und das nochmal eine Stufe intensiver als im Film, der ja erst gegen Ende so richtig zubeißt. No.. more like diamonds, with this book! His total fixation on the object of his passion--an older American post-grad scholar who's visiting for the summer--is overwhelming, and some of the scenes between the two are so intimate that reading them actually feels like an intrusion.
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