Brian's review of Call Me by Your Name: A Novel
Call Me by Your Name: A Novel by Andre Aciman
Brian's review
rating:
recommended for:
Believers of "It is better to have loved and lost..."
status:
Read in January, 2008
I agree with the New York Times assessment that Call Me by Your Name is hot. There are scenes that gave me a guilty pleasure to read on the subway. However, there were other passages, notably in the first section, that didn't work for me because they tried to communicate analyses of the ins and outs of flirtation, e.g. did he know that I knew that he knew...crap like that. Overall, I liked the book, surpised that the ending you know is coming from page 1 could still produce a profound effect. The last few pages are really nice.
I envied Elio. I saw some parallels to the past ("To be with you on my bed. In your bed. Which is my bed during the other months of the year.") But it just seems easier to reflect on desire when you live and Italy and spend your summer on the sea. Any equivalen...more
I envied Elio. I saw some parallels to the past ("To be with you on my bed. In your bed. Which is my bed during the other months of the year.") But it just seems easier to reflect on desire when you live and Italy and spend your summer on the sea. Any equivalen...more
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