The latter makes a strong impression on Elio, whose family is also Jewish but who makes a point of keeping quiet about it in a majority Catholic country. Elio admires Oliver's confidence and self-possessed attitude, taking note of how "okay" he seems with many things in his life, including criticism, his vices, his relationships, and his identity as a Jewish man. Oliver's apparent coldness and indifference pain Elio, who labors to conceal his feelings from Oliver with affected silence and indifference on his part.Įlio and Oliver find common interests in literature, music, philosophy, and exercise a friendship blooms between them. The desire that Elio feels for Oliver is at once overwhelming and sublime, a feeling stronger than any he has felt before, but he finds himself unable to express his feelings or talk about them with anyone, for fear of shame and rejection. Elio, who is introverted and shy, reflects on the beginning of his infatuation with Oliver, analyzing all of Oliver's words and mannerisms as he secretly pines for a more intimate relationship with Oliver. In his first few weeks at the villa, Oliver charms and befriends the residents and neighbors of the villa.
The novel begins with his first memories of Oliver: Oliver's typical farewell, "Later!", which Elio finds strange, cold, and indifferent. The novel is told through Elio's first-person narration, recounting his memories of Oliver and their subsequent relationship. Call Me By Your Name is a story about obsessive love, the passage of time, and life-defining memories. Elio's parents select Oliver to live with them for six weeks as part of an annual fellowship that they offer to young scholars, with the purpose of helping them revise a manuscript for publication and aiding Elio's father-who is himself an academic-with his paperwork. Oliver is a brilliant and handsome 24-year-old post-doctoral scholar from America who spends a summer in the mid-1980s at Elio's villa. Elio is a precocious 17-year-old who spends summers with his family in their villa on the Italian Riviera. Call Me By Your Namedetails the love story of Elio and Oliver, two young men who spend a summer together on the Italian Riviera and develop a bond that shapes their view of love for the rest of their lives.
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