Call Me by Your Name

André Aciman’s Call Me by Your Name is a passionate and evocative tautine about a summer of sexual awakening between 17 year old Elio (who is clearly in love with his older cousin Oliver, a graduate student at Elio’s father’s home in northern Italy. The original novel explores the theme of desire, identify, and the sentimentality of first love, as their intense connection unfolds and this novel uses the fleeting beauty of first love to explore these themes.