André Aciman

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit his son, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Samuel's plans and changes his life forever. Later, Elio 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...

"I read Olivia many, many times, bought it for many of my friends, and consider it the inspiration for Call Me by Your Name." —André Aciman
"Perfectly captures the breathless excitement of adolescent passion." —Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet
The classic novel about a teenage girl's infatuation with her headmistress at a boarding school in nineteenth-century Paris
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It's the summer of 1983 in Italy, and Elio, a precocious 17-year-old, spends his days in his family's villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading and flirting with his friend Marzia. One day, Oliver, a charming American scholar arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father, an eminent professor. Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives...