Find Me (novel)

Find Me is a 2019 novel by writer André Aciman. The novel follows the lives of Samuel "Sami" Perlman, his son Elio Perlman, and Oliver, characters established in Aciman's 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name.

Find Me
First edition cover
AuthorAndré Aciman
Audio read byMichael Stuhlbarg[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
October 29, 2019
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback; Audiobook)
Pages272[2]
ISBN978-0-374-15501-8
813/.6
LC ClassPS3601.C525 F56 2019
Preceded byCall Me by Your Name 

Summary

The novel is split into four sections: Tempo, Cadenza, Capriccio, and Da Capo. Each of the sections focus on a different character's point of view, and this is not stated explicitly. The sections vary in length, with Tempo being the longest at almost half the book and Da Capo the shortest.

Tempo: Ten years after the events of Call Me By Your Name, Sami Perlman meets a younger woman named Miranda while traveling by train to Rome. The two quickly grow close, and strike up a romantic relationship. While in Rome, the couple visit Miranda's ailing father, attend a public lecture held by Sami, and meet with Elio.

Cadenza: Five years later, Elio works as a piano teacher in Paris. At a concert he meets an older man named Michel, and they begin a romantic relationship. They visit Michel's childhood home in the French countryside, and end their relationship amicably several weeks later.

Capriccio: Several years later, Oliver works as a professor at a college in New Hampshire. He is married with children, but harbors nostalgia for the time he spent with Elio as a college student. He reunites with Elio in Italy, and they reconnect romantically. Though Sami has died, he fathered a child with Miranda, whom they named Oliver.

Da Capo: Elio and Oliver are together again, raising Little Ollie, Elio's half brother.

Background

On December 6, 2017, when asked about a proposed sequel to the film adaptation of Call Me by Your Name, Aciman replied that "the problem with a sequel is that you need plot."[3] On December 3, 2018, Aciman announced on his Twitter account that he was writing a sequel to Call Me by Your Name.[4] The novel's title and release date were officially confirmed on March 20, 2019.[5][5][6]

In an interview, Aciman stated that: "The world of Call Me by Your Name never left me. Though I created the characters and was the author of their lives, what I never expected was that they'd end up teaching me things about intimacy and about love that I didn't quite think I knew until I'd put them down on paper. The film made me realize that I wanted to be back with them and watch them over the years—which is why I wrote Find Me".[5]

Release

The novel was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on October 29, 2019.[7][8] The audiobook is read by actor Michael Stuhlbarg, who portrayed Sami in the film adaptation of Call Me by Your Name.[9]

Ahead of its release, on October 11, 2019, Vanity Fair published an exclusive excerpt from the novel, along with two illustrations by Jenny Kroik.[10]

Critical reception

Find Me was met with mixed reviews from literary critics, with review aggregator Book Marks reporting five negative and six mixed reviews among 26 total.[11]

gollark: Plus, significant amounts of functional technology (and buildings!).
gollark: Depending on the particular apocalypse, there might be a much bigger population around than there was then, at least for a while.
gollark: Can you not just get bottlecaps separately?
gollark: That probably works best in advanced, functional economies like the ones you won't have after an apocalypse.
gollark: There are probably ways to keep them in line as long as you don't do anything horribly egregious.

References
  1. "Find Me: A Novel - André Aciman; read by Michael Stuhlbarg". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. "Find Me: A Novel - André Aciman". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  3. McHenry, Jackson (2019-03-20). "Call Me by Your Name Author André Aciman on Writing Sex Scenes and the Film's Sequels". www.vulture.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  4. @aaciman (3 December 2018). "I would actually love a sequel to Call Me by Your Name. In fact I am writing one" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "André Aciman Is Officially Writing a Call Me by Your Name Sequel". March 20, 2019.
  6. "André Aciman Announces 'Call Me by Your Name' Sequel 'Find Me,' Arriving This Fall". March 21, 2019.
  7. "A Call Me By Your Name Sequel Is Officially Coming This Autumn". March 21, 2019.
  8. "Call Me by Your Name sequel Find Me to publish this October". March 20, 2019.
  9. @aaciman (5 June 2019). "Exciting news! Michael Stuhlbarg will be recording the audiobook for my upcoming novel, FIND ME. We're very lucky to have his voice be a part of this story" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. Nast, Condé. "Read an Exclusive Excerpt From the Call Me by Your Name Sequel, Find Me". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  11. "Book Marks reviews of Find Me by André Aciman". Book Marks. Literary Hub. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
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