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Fiction. Literature. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML: "[Narrator Michael Stuhlbarg's] elegant performance and Aciman's sensitive writing keep things touching without ever being sentimental. Wonderful listening." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner This program is read by Michael Stuhlbarg, the actor who played Professor Samuel Perlman in Luca Guadagnino's critically-acclaimed film, Call Me by Your Name. A bonus conversation between Michael Stuhlbarg and André Aciman is included at the end of the program. In this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman's haunting Call Me by Your Name. First published in 2007, it was hailed as "a love letter, an invocation . . . an exceptionally beautiful book" (Stacey D'Erasmo, The New York Times Book Review). Nearly three quarters of a million copies have been sold, and the book became a much-loved, Academy Award–winning film starring Timothée Chalamet as the young Elio and Armie Hammer as Oliver, the graduate student with whom he falls in love. In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami's plans and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the emotional nuances that are the substance of passion. Find Me brings us back inside the magic circle of one of our greatest contemporary romances to ask if, in fact, true love ever dies..… (more)
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This book follows Elio's father
Speaking of Miranda, she was the only woman in this book, and she was the stereotypical quirky badass. Samuel immediately falls in love with her and objectifies her, if that gives you any idea of how the first portion of this book is. It was absolutely absurd, and honestly it confused me. This book felt like it was unraveling everything we loved from the first book.
The second section follows Elio and his new love interest, Michael. This was actually far more tolerable. There was a slight mystery revolving around music, which I both did and didn't enjoy reading. I was hoping Elio would finally find someone else and move on from Oliver, despite my adoration of their relationship.
Oliver's part was a little boring. He hadn't changed much after twenty years; he was still self-centered and slightly manipulative. I was hoping he'd at least have grown into a more thoughtful person, but no.
If you picked this book up for Elio and Oliver, don't worry. They do have some slight focus - about the last ten pages or so is about their relationship. It still wasn't near as satisfying to finish this book as it was the first one. I personally believe
Elio soon relocates to Paris, where he also has become involved in a significant relationship, while Oliver, who is now a professor at a college in New England with a family, finds himself suddenly considering a return trip across the Atlantic.
Aciman is a master of sensibility, the personal details, and the subtle emotional undertones that make up passion. The question of whether true love actually ever dies is raised by Find Me, which takes us back to the magical realm of one of our greatest modern romances. However, I found the journey to be somewhat muddled and not up to the high quality and intensity of the previous novel where Elio and Oliver first encountered each other.