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By: André Aciman
Narrated by: Michael Stuhlbarg
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In this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, the author of Call Me by Your Name lets us back into his characters' lives years after their first meeting

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever.

Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic.

Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion. Find Me brings us back inside the world of one of our greatest contemporary romances to show us that in fact true love never dies.

©2019 André Aciman (P)2019 Faber Audio Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt Tear-jerking
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Although this book is beautifully written and narrated well, I found it self indulgent and the characters were enjoying each other much more than the reader/listener ever could.

Couldn’t finish it..

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I enjoyed this book immensely when I read it, but despite liking Michael Stulbarg very much as an actor I didn’t much enjoy his reading of this book. He reads quite self-consciously in a hesitant way with quite a lot of “up-speak” (adding a question mark at the end of phrases which aren’t questions). But since I knew I liked the book I could mostly overlook this and enjoy the book. But a far better reader could have been chosen and clearly he was chosen because he was in the film version of Call Me by Your Name, of which Find Me is the sequel. Not bad, but could have been so much better.

Not bad…

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I loved it the story line is good I watched the first one and have really enjoyed this one

great book

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I was surprised at the 1* ratings this book got, I thought it beautiful. I expect everyone wanted a book full of Oliver and Elio again but as we know in life nothing ever stays the same and this story tells that. I thought Andre Aciman did a wonderful job.
I loved the narration too and my only criticism of the book is that when we switched to a new persons perspective I was confused at first as to who was now speaking. It would have been helpful for listeners to have name titles for the chapter.
I'm a sucker for a happy ending and wasn't disappointed 👌🏻

Beautiful writing

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I can imagine there will be a lot of people who don’t appreciate ‘Find Me’. Rather than being the direct continuation of Elio and Oliver’s story that some may expect, it picks up on the lives of all the characters - starting with Elio’s father, Samuel. The narrative shifts between Samuel, Elio and Oliver to reflect the many paths our lives can take, and to demonstrate the steady passage of time that continues to pass, with or without our permission. In that way it’s a far more realistic book than one might have expected, but it’s not without hope or impossible romance ... far from it, in fact. Aciman’s prose is beautiful and lyrical - drawing the reader in to the mindset of each character we get to inhabit briefly. As joyful as it is to read, I’d also highly recommend the audio book as narrated by Michael Stuhlbarg, who played Elio’s father in the original film. The gravitas and tenderness he lends to the work is something truly special, and provides a perfect complement (or mirror) to what Andre Aciman himself has done. As I said, this won’t resonate with everyone - because some people just want Elio and Oliver to pick up where they left off - but for those who appreciate the romance of life, it’s a wonderful journey to undertake.

A poignant reflection on the passage of time

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