A summer in Italy sparks a powerful first love. Elio and Oliver’s bond transforms longing into passion. A lyrical tale of desire, memory, and loss.
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman is a tender and deeply emotional novel about first love, desire, and the bittersweet passage of time. Set in the sunlit Italian Riviera of the 1980s, it tells the story of Elio, a 17-year-old boy, and Oliver, an American scholar spending the summer with his family. What begins as hesitation and distance slowly blossoms into a passionate romance that changes them forever. Aciman beautifully captures the intensity of longing, the vulnerability of love, and the lasting imprint of a fleeting summer. With lyrical prose and profound sensitivity, the novel explores how love shapes memory and identity long after it ends.