Author: André Aciman
Genres: Fiction, Representative (LGBTQ+), Romance
Age Group: 18+
Adaptations: A film adaptation directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Timothée Chalamet as Elio, Armie Hammer as Oliver and Michael Stuhlbarg as Elio's father was released on November 24 2017 in the United States to critical acclaim, At the 90th Academy Awards it was nominated for Best Picture Best Actor (Chalamet) Best Original Song ("Mystery of Love" by Sufjan Stevens) and Best Adapted Screenplay (James Ivory) winning the latter
Other Popular Books: Enigma Variations, Find Me, Journey Into the Past, Out of Egypt: A Memoir, The Passenger
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The novel by American writer André Aciman centres on a blossoming romantic relationship between an intellectually precocious and curious 17-year-old American-Italian Jewish boy named Elio Perlman and a visiting 24-year-old American Jewish scholar named Oliver in 1980s Italy. The novel chronicles their summer romance and the 20 years that follow. A sequel to the novel, Find Me, was released in October 2019.
REVIEW BY DANIA: (None)
OTHER INFORMATION: The Novel has a sequel “Find Me”
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
1. Age gap (adult/minor)
2. Homophobia (internalised)
3. Racism
4. Self-harm (mentioned)
5. Statutory rape (graphic)
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