Bogen bag succesfilmen Call Me by Your Name. Romantisk kærlighedshistorie sat i Norditalien i 1983. Den 17-årige Elio tilbringer sommeren med sin familie i deres hus i Norditalien og forelsker sig hovedkulds i familiens sommergæst, den lidt ældre studerende Oliver. Elio og Oliver udvikler ganske langsomt et forhold til hinanden, og det bliver en sommer i det smukke italienske landskab, de aldrig glemmer – og som kommer til at ændre deres liv for altid.

Pressen skrev:

»Superb ... The beauty of Aciman's writing and the purity of his passions should place this extraordinary first novel within the canon of great romantic love stories for everyone.«? The Washington Post Book World

»This novel is hot ... a love letter, an invocation, and something of an epitaph ... An exceptionally beautiful book.«? The New York Times Book Review

»The novel is richly, sensuously detailed ... luminous ... Aciman deftly charts a burgeoning relationship that both parties want and fear.«? The Boston Globe

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