The second section follows a now-adult Elio as he enters a relationship with an older man named Michel while he lives in Paris, entering what is his first significant emotional relationship since he and Oliver parted many years earlier. In the first section, Samuel, now divorced from Elio’s mother, meets a young woman named Miranda on a train to Rome and spends the weekend with her exploring the city. Each section of the novel follows one of the men as he explores a romantic encounter, while also grappling with various subjects ranging from history, art, vigilance, memory, and identity. With his follow-up novel Find Me, Aciman seeks to recapture the beauty and intelligence of Call Me By Your Name, while still moving the narrative forward.įind Me follows Elio, Elio’s former lover Oliver, and Elio’s father, Samuel, in various settings and locations after the epilogue of Call Me By Your Name. The Lambda Literary Award-winning book drew readers in with its style and honest depiction of the queer romance, even as it ended on such a bittersweet note. In 2007, André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name was released, drawing readers into the story of 17-year-old Elio and his summer romance with Oliver, a college student staying with Elio’s family in their Italian home in the 1980s.
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