One can’t help but cringe when considering this exchange and other moments through a #MeToo-era lens – not to mention that there are no female narrators. The way he first speaks to her, however – asking her why she looks so "glum" – reads uncomfortably.
Sami, who we find out has since divorced Elio's mother, meets a woman half his age by chance on a train.
The themes of "fate" and "time" fly above each story: like doves (romantic entanglements that transcend convention) and like daggers (the reminder that time is often not on our side). But we don’t have only Elio’s voice to rely on this time: We have Sami's and Oliver’s voices, too. It fills in its predecessor's gaps. We see characters 10, 15 and 20 years into the future. “Find Me” has everything you loved – and everything that made you cringe – about “Call Me by Your Name." 'Find Me' doubles down on age gaps in relationships "Find Me" is the perfect sequel to "Call Me by Your Name" – lustful, introspective and magical – though it is a work that requires readers to suspend disbelief almost to a fault. Interview: 'A moment of magic': André Aciman talks 'Call Me by Your Name' sequel, 'Find Me' It’s almost like “Find Me” was the book Aciman really wanted to write all along, but first you needed all the pieces of the puzzle to get there. 29. "It has uncanny ways of reminding us that, even without a God, there is a flash of retrospective brilliance in the way fate plays its cards."Īciman has indeed laid all his cards on the proverbial table, answering questions about some of the original novel's characters (yes, both Elio and Oliver) but deftly dodging others. "You know, life is not so original after all," one character tells another in "Find Me," (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 261 pp., ★★★ out of four), out Tuesday, Oct. Spoiler alert: This post contains plot details of Andre Aciman's "Find Me," the sequel to "Call Me By Your Name."Įlio may have been the protagonist in André Aciman's 2007 novel "Call Me by Your Name," but in the book's sequel, "fate" is the character you're going to be most invested in. Watch Video: 'Call Me By Your Name' is a story of self-exploration
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