Call Me By Your Name

Posted on 12 August 2017 by André Aciman

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 cliff side mansion on the Italian Riviera Unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, at first each feigns indifference But during the restless summer weeks that follow, unrelenting buried currents of obsession and fear, fascination and desire, intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them What grows from the depths of their spirits is a romance of scarcely six weeks duration and an experience that marks them for a lifetime For what the two discover on the Riviera and during a sultry evening in Rome is the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again total intimacy The psychological maneuvers that accompany attraction have seldom been shrewdly captured than in Andr Aciman s frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion Call Me by Your Name is clear eyed, bare knuckled, and ultimately unforgettable. New Read [ Call Me By Your Name ] By [ André Aciman ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr He came He left Nothing else had changed I had not changed The world hadn t changed Yet nothing would be the same All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembranceI should probably issue a warning that this is a book I usually wouldn t like I think A summer romance up to its neck in purple prose and wandering introspection sounds like a nightmare And yet, there was something so beautiful, awful, intoxic...One last update to say I saw the movie I have been verbally spanked on GR before for reviewing movies so I won t go on and on, but I will say that it s a truly beautiful film It s perfectly done and captures the book in a way I didn t think possible All the actors were wonderful, but Armie Hammer stole the show for me Kudos to whoever thought to cast him because he IS Oliver It s a sweet, sad, hopeful, film that I hope everyone gets to see Now I m going to go eat a few peaches Updating ag One last update to say I saw the movie I have been...Sufjan Stevens playing softly in the distance4 5 Stars We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything what a waste Phew What an intense book, what an intense ending Hello people, I hope you remember this lass here, I haven t written a single review in almost 6 months Which is the entire period of my internship, the one that s almost ending now So I pi 4 5 Stars We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything what a waste Phew What an intense book, what an intense ending Hello people, I hope you remember this lass here, I haven t written a single review in almost 6 months Which is the entire period of my internship, the one that s almost ending now So I picked up reading again, how fucking happy that makes me you have no idea So, back to the chase 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 cliff side mansion on the Italian Riviera Unprepared for the consequences of their attractio...If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I d stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest This book has been on my to read list for a few years, but now that the film is set to be released, I believed it was time to get going and pick it up once and for all From what I had seen of the film that is shirtless Armie Hammer and not much else because I wanted to read the book before even watching the trailer and from what I had heard about the book, I wasIf I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I d stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest This book has been on my to read list for a few years, but now that the film is set to be released, I believed it was time to get going and pick it up once and for all From what I had seen of the film that is shirt...I wanted to make fun of this maddening book, but really, I must just want to make fun of myself for loving it The bare bones of the story could have been assembled using some kind of Gay Coming of Age Novel Trope Generator Teenager Grad student Italian beach Fruit Poetry Jealousy Sex Loss More poetry But I agree with whoever likens Aciman s approach to Proust s which is probably everybody who has read both Aciman and Proust This is not a Gay Coming of Age Novel, at all it s an el I wanted to make fun of this maddening book, but really, I must just want to make fun of myself for loving it The bare bones of the story could have been assembled using some kind of Gay Coming of Age Novel Trope Generator Teenager Grad student Italian beach Fruit Poetry Jealousy Sex Loss More poetry But I agree with whoever likens Aciman s approach to Proust s which is probably everybody who has read both Aciman and Proust This is not a Gay Coming of Age Novel, at all it s an elegy for desire, for memory itself and it manages to visit that interior terrain of longing most notably visited by A LA RE...A N 03 18 i did this and like all my public mistakes, erasing the evidence of it won t erase the consequences.it stays.as much to remind me how it happened as to accept that it did at all.little intimacies of the many, many aspects of this book that resonated with us, one in particular was the basis of an interesting exchange between me and author santino hassell that exchange is excerpted below.SH what do you think so farJAG i like it it s very good at being what i think of as authentic t A N 03 18 i did this and like all my public mistakes, erasing the evidence of it won t erase the consequences.it stays.as much to remind me how it happened as to accept that it did at all.little intimacies of the many, many aspects of this book that resonated with us, one in particular was the basis of an interesting exchange between me and author santino hassell that exchange is excerpted below.SH what do you think so farJAG i like it it s very good at being what i think of as authentic teen gay boy POVSH it reminds me of somethingJAG it reminds me of a lot of thingsSH the parts where he s talking about how hot and cold the love interest dude getsJAG yes, with his facial expressionSH yeahJAG that, specifically that i ve been there with someone like that it s a little scary and then you understand them and it stops being scary, sometimesSH yes i had a friend like that when i was a kid i thought i was in love with him but he was straightJAG i was thi...Shattering This book is a fucking axe to the heart But because my heart, perhaps yours, too, was broken long ago, no further damage can be done So maybe then the book slike a probe, yes, a very discomfiting probe, making a fuller assessment of the wreckage The book is also a final report of the survey, as such it reminds us of the universality of our suffering Finally, one thinks, here s someone who has not only plumbed the depths of heartbreak, but who s taken excruciatingly detailed Shattering This book is a fucking axe to the heart But because my heart, perhaps yours, too, was broken long ago, no further damage can be done So maybe then ...How wonderful it is when you find a forever book.We re all Elio, aren t we2.5 starsAs a gay man, I feel happy seeing queer intimacies receiveacceptance and popularity, as evidenced by this book s film adaptation this year I appreciate the pulsating emotions of lust and desire in Call Me by Your Name, even if my own first crushes did not manifest into much of anything However, I struggled to get into this book The writing felt too distant, intellectual, and heavy for me to immerse myself in Elio and Oliver s world The book contained so much introspection and 2.5 starsAs a gay man, I feel happy seeing queer intimacies receiveacceptance and popularity, as evidenced by this book s film adaptation this year I appreciate the pulsating emotions of lust and desire in Call Me by Your Name, even if my own first crushes did not manifest into much of anything However, I str...

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12 August 2017

André Aciman