![]() ![]() Characters fall in love with one another’s discourse, with topics ranging from literature and music to notions of time, desire and fate: “time is always the price we pay for the unlived life”. ![]() Oliver himself, meanwhile, is in an unhappy marriage, ruminating over his love affair with Elio, and it is not until the last section that Aciman delivers their long-awaited, inevitable reunion.įind Me is an unashamedly romantic and philosophical novel. But Elio, a concert pianist, cannot silence the echo of his first great love, Oliver: “so many years could go by and leave me still attached to someone who had become an invisible presence”. The second section finds Elio embarking on a new relationship with an older man, Michel, in a clear parallel to his father’s relationship with Miranda. Within hours, in spite of the age difference between them, they are planning a life together: “I’ll know that whatever time you’ve given me, my entire life… was all leading up to you.” ![]() The two begin talking and soon discover a deep connection. The opening section finds Elio’s father, Samuel, on a train from Florence to Rome, sharing a carriage with a beautiful young photographer, Miranda. ![]()
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