If there is pain, keep it, and if there is a flame, do not smother it. We uproot so much from ourselves to heal faster than we should, that by the time we're thirty, we have exhausted ourselves. But how sad it is not to allow yourself to feel, just to avoid feeling anything!
Elio, a seventeen-year-old on the brink of adulthood. Oliver, a young researcher, spending the summer at Elio's parents' house. The two will live a sudden, passionate romance set against the backdrop of 1980s Italy. Unprepared for the consequences of their mutual attraction, the endless summer days sweep them into alternating currents of obsession, allure, and desire.
Defying the dangers, they converge on something they fear they will never find again: the ultimate connection with another person.
New York Times bestseller, USA Today, Los Angeles Times. Book of the year according to Publishers Weekly and the Washington Post.
The book inspired the film of the same name starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, which won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Bold, precise, stripped-down, harsh, tender, visceral prose that hits you like a punch in the gut. - Nicole Krauss, author
An incredible book. It decriminalizes love in a truly touching, explosive way. - Time Out
A special reading experience, a novel that is an open love letter… - New York Times Book Review
