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Call Me by Your Name
by André Aciman
A brief summer love becomes the line dividing one life into before and after.
- 2007
The story, briefly
Spoiler-freeA teenage boy becomes consumed by his attraction to an older guest staying with his family in Italy. The novel lingers over anticipation, embarrassment, sex, jealousy, memory, and the fear of revealing how badly another person is wanted.
What's inside
During one summer in Italy, a teenager and an older guest move from wary attraction toward an affair neither will forget.
Why we recommend it
A love that divides a life
It is warmer than Baldwin, but equally alert to desire, shame, memory, and the terror of being known.
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