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# Call Me by Your Name (MTI): A Novel

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Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar™ Nominee James Ivory The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Vulture Book Club Pick An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's 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’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them. Recklessly, the two verge toward the one thing both fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. It is an instant classic and one of the great love stories of our time. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction A New York Times Notable Book of the Year • A Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post Best Book of the Year • A New York Magazine "Future Canon" Selection • A Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch's) Favorite Favorite Book of the Year

Review: IF YOU LOVED THE MOVIE, YOU’LL LOVE THIS EVEN MORE - I admit, it took me 3 tries to read this book- solely because I was not very familiar with the writing style. (I just recently began to read for entertainment, since nothing on social media appeals me) I got through 30 pages the first time I tried to read it but I suddenly stopped because I realized that all the words that I was reading was going in one ear and coming out the other. I didn’t want to give up on the book yet so I bought the audiobook and got through an hour of it. However, it was practically useless. I don’t know if it’s my short attention span or what but I found my self not really listening and when I did listen and focus on what was being read, I couldn’t add anything up.! So I took a two day break, and that was absolutely worth it!!! When I finally tried it the 3rd time, I was determined to finish the novel. The first part of the book were choppy, since it’s told as distant memories. It jumped back and forth from his more recent memories and to his older memories. I got confused at times but it wasn’t hard to put two and two together. I found myself falling in love with the characters and the writing style, which totally came to me as a surprise because I absolutely dreaded it in the beginning. ITS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITING STYLES NOW. Aciman has a way of vividly showing you exactly how Elio was feeling and his thoughts. I don’t want to spoil anything so let me just say one more thing, the ending is absolutely heart wrenching. I found myself crying so much, and feeling for both Elio and Oliver. IF YOU’VE WATCHED THE MOVIE - READ THE BOOK LET ME TELL U, THE END IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE BOOK! Call Me By Your Name is easily one of the best love stories ever written. I can’t wait to reread it and bring back all the memories and feelings I felt when I first read it. Even if you don’t get the writing style very well, push through it. It’s a must and if there one book you need to read in your life time, it’s this one. Totally tragic and beautiful.
Review: If you can read this without immediately packing a bag so you can read it again in Italy, I'd be surprised - Oh my, what to say, what to say... Call Me by Your Name was enchanting and enthralling in every possible way. Written in a stream of conscious style, 17 year old Elio pulls the reader into his world and brings them along for every thought, every moment, every impulse that passes through his mind. It's an intimate, sometimes awkward ride, but you can't help but connect with Elio's exasperated attempts to make sense of himself and his emotions as he navigates a tricky relationship. There are hundreds of things that make this story worth consuming, but I'll start with what has stuck with me the most: the atmosphere. Elio's family owns an Italian villa in the small town of B and the European, lazy summertime environment leaks from every page. From incessant cigarette consumption to hours spent reading by the pool and taking trips to swim and traveling to bookshops in town, Elio's romantic endeavors are paralleled perfectly by his romantic environment. I'll be honest, I'm writing this review after also having seen the movie and then immediately preceding to read the book for a second time, so perhaps the images from the book and film are intertwining in my mind, though flipping back through the pages, I find lines on every page that just ooze sexual tension and summer heat. Elio's thoughts are confused and honest, fully encompassing the battle between his emotional and intellectual hemispheres. He's impulsive but reflective, somewhat timid in nature but tends to be forward in his speech. Dialogue is woven into thought, Elio's fantasies feel as real as his physical connections and every emotion he describes feels open and true. No complications in Oliver and Elio's relationship are glossed over and every moment of doubt and discomfort is identified and analyzed. I guess if there's one thing about this narrative that feels unique in comparison to most romantic books I've read, it's the unwavering honesty on every page. I will admit, this read is intense and at times uncomfortable (I can think of one or two now infamous scenes in particular) but there are moments in this book that took my breath away. The novel's third part was by far my favorite as it shows Oliver and Elio at their brightest, clad in love and acceptance among Rome's beautiful backdrop and it's definitely a section I appreciated more the second time through knowing the pains of the final act to follow. Overall, there is so much I could say about this book; the story hasn't left my mind at all these last few weeks. I'm encouraging everyone I know to dive headfirst into this beautiful story whatever order they wish to consume it. (I recommend 1. soundtrack, 2. book, 3. film). This is a book I'm sure I'll be picking up again this Summer, though unfortunately, not in Italy :( (4.75/5 stars)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,373 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #26 in LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction (Books) #81 in Censorship & Politics #823 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 44,250 Reviews |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ IF YOU LOVED THE MOVIE, YOU’LL LOVE THIS EVEN MORE
*by S***7 on May 2, 2020*

I admit, it took me 3 tries to read this book- solely because I was not very familiar with the writing style. (I just recently began to read for entertainment, since nothing on social media appeals me) I got through 30 pages the first time I tried to read it but I suddenly stopped because I realized that all the words that I was reading was going in one ear and coming out the other. I didn’t want to give up on the book yet so I bought the audiobook and got through an hour of it. However, it was practically useless. I don’t know if it’s my short attention span or what but I found my self not really listening and when I did listen and focus on what was being read, I couldn’t add anything up.! So I took a two day break, and that was absolutely worth it!!! When I finally tried it the 3rd time, I was determined to finish the novel. The first part of the book were choppy, since it’s told as distant memories. It jumped back and forth from his more recent memories and to his older memories. I got confused at times but it wasn’t hard to put two and two together. I found myself falling in love with the characters and the writing style, which totally came to me as a surprise because I absolutely dreaded it in the beginning. ITS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITING STYLES NOW. Aciman has a way of vividly showing you exactly how Elio was feeling and his thoughts. I don’t want to spoil anything so let me just say one more thing, the ending is absolutely heart wrenching. I found myself crying so much, and feeling for both Elio and Oliver. IF YOU’VE WATCHED THE MOVIE - READ THE BOOK LET ME TELL U, THE END IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE BOOK! Call Me By Your Name is easily one of the best love stories ever written. I can’t wait to reread it and bring back all the memories and feelings I felt when I first read it. Even if you don’t get the writing style very well, push through it. It’s a must and if there one book you need to read in your life time, it’s this one. Totally tragic and beautiful.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you can read this without immediately packing a bag so you can read it again in Italy, I'd be surprised
*by M***. on March 17, 2018*

Oh my, what to say, what to say... Call Me by Your Name was enchanting and enthralling in every possible way. Written in a stream of conscious style, 17 year old Elio pulls the reader into his world and brings them along for every thought, every moment, every impulse that passes through his mind. It's an intimate, sometimes awkward ride, but you can't help but connect with Elio's exasperated attempts to make sense of himself and his emotions as he navigates a tricky relationship. There are hundreds of things that make this story worth consuming, but I'll start with what has stuck with me the most: the atmosphere. Elio's family owns an Italian villa in the small town of B and the European, lazy summertime environment leaks from every page. From incessant cigarette consumption to hours spent reading by the pool and taking trips to swim and traveling to bookshops in town, Elio's romantic endeavors are paralleled perfectly by his romantic environment. I'll be honest, I'm writing this review after also having seen the movie and then immediately preceding to read the book for a second time, so perhaps the images from the book and film are intertwining in my mind, though flipping back through the pages, I find lines on every page that just ooze sexual tension and summer heat. Elio's thoughts are confused and honest, fully encompassing the battle between his emotional and intellectual hemispheres. He's impulsive but reflective, somewhat timid in nature but tends to be forward in his speech. Dialogue is woven into thought, Elio's fantasies feel as real as his physical connections and every emotion he describes feels open and true. No complications in Oliver and Elio's relationship are glossed over and every moment of doubt and discomfort is identified and analyzed. I guess if there's one thing about this narrative that feels unique in comparison to most romantic books I've read, it's the unwavering honesty on every page. I will admit, this read is intense and at times uncomfortable (I can think of one or two now infamous scenes in particular) but there are moments in this book that took my breath away. The novel's third part was by far my favorite as it shows Oliver and Elio at their brightest, clad in love and acceptance among Rome's beautiful backdrop and it's definitely a section I appreciated more the second time through knowing the pains of the final act to follow. Overall, there is so much I could say about this book; the story hasn't left my mind at all these last few weeks. I'm encouraging everyone I know to dive headfirst into this beautiful story whatever order they wish to consume it. (I recommend 1. soundtrack, 2. book, 3. film). This is a book I'm sure I'll be picking up again this Summer, though unfortunately, not in Italy :( (4.75/5 stars)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Frustrating, maddening, sexy, wonderful
*by V***R on January 8, 2018*

Admittedly, this book starts out almost painfully slow, with a lead-up to the romance that's near torturous when accompanied by the main character and narrator's obsessive thoughts, with the only thing keeping the reader engaged the dangling promise that these two idiots will, eventually, get together. But once it gets going, oh boy does it get going. Let me preface my praises of this book by saying that I had a difficult, love-hate relationship with Elio (protagonist and narrator). His obsessive reading, re-reading, over-reading, over-re-reading into every little look, word, silence, and lack of look, borders on the hysterical if not out-right insane and nearly drives this book's readers (or me, at least) insane right along with him. Not to mention that it nearly breaks the taut string suspending the reader's disbelief because honestly, what teenage even speaks let alone THINKS like this? But after reaching the second act, it's quite clear that this obsessiveness is what has isolated him from his peers and why he searches to be so completely understood by someone like Oliver, who speaks his same coded language of gestures and unspoken words - even though they're often not on the same wave length. Elio's fevered imaginings also make him an almost delightfully unreliable narrator, where something he narrates early on as fact (e.g. the cold, death-glares he'd receive from Oliver) turn out to be misguided by his prejudices and not true at all. It lends a tender, nostalgic quality to the whole thing (which is already close to bursting with nostalgia), knowing that all the events are not as they were but merely as he remembers them. I came to realize that the story was painful to read because it was a painfully exact replica of what it is to be a teenager, and not because it was poorly written or ill-conceived. It intentionally takes its readers back to a time when your insides were on your outsides, all your feelings exposed, leaving you raw and vulnerable, so that every glance, every snide remark, especially from the person you're infatuated with, is like hot knives on your bare flesh. The reason I was so infuriated with Elio was because I was infuriated with myself, when I was a teenager, and felt and behaved the exact same way. Elio, despite his staggering intellect for a seventeen-year-old, is a profound idiot just like I was a profound idiot. The meat of the story is the romance between our leads, slow and painful in its engineering (like a roller-coaster going up), terrifying, rocketing, elating, wonderful when it's happening (the roller-coaster plummeting), that leaves you aching, dizzy, and nauseous in its denouement (the end of the ride). You spend so much time worshiping Oliver through Elio's eyes that when he turns out to be the coward, you refuse to believe it, until you're dragged unwillingly to the book's end are slapped in the face with the reality that yes, Oliver was the coward all along. This is probably one of the most erotic reads of the 21st century, thanks in no small part to the breathless suspense leading up to their first encounter together, but also because the author understands how sensuality is enhanced by disgust. Even though the book sometimes crosses the thin line between sexy gross and full blown gross-out (by the end of the book ALL of the bodily fluids have been prominently featured), it leaves the burning, frenzied sensuality at its core stronger for it. I am confident that the movie adaptation (which I'll be watching soon) will be a perfect companion to this book, as it likely won't suffer from the book's flaws, such as being overly verbose, and its slow pacing on screen will probably feel more like sexual tension than having your nails being summarily torn from your fingers. Nonetheless, the novel contains some of the most stellar, quotable lines you'll ever encounter, and such gut-wrenching realism surrounding its heartbreak that you'll feel it as a hot knife across your raw skin. If I could say one thing to this novel it would be: I'll die if you stop.

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