Autor bestsellerowych „Tamtych dni, tamtych nocy” i „Ośmiu białych nocy”! Paul
przez całe dorosłe życie przeżywa każdą miłość równie żarliwie i bez
opamiętania jak w wieku młodzieńczym. I nie jest istotne, czy podkochuje się w
stolarzu pracującym dla jego rodziców podczas wakacji na południu Włoch, czy
jako student na zaśnieżonym kampusie w Nowej Anglii wplątuje się w gasnący i
powracający romans z nieuchwytną przyjaciółką punktowany anonimowymi
zbliżeniami z mężczyznami, czy jest na korcie tenisowym w Central Parku, czy
też spaceruje wczesną wiosną nowojorskimi ulicami. Jego zauroczenia są zawsze
nieuchwytne, płynne i podszyte organicznym pożądaniem, nieodmiennie
rozszczepionym między jednym zakochaniem a drugim.
Znajdź mnie to kontynuacja bestsellerowych Tamtych dni, tamtych nocy. W nowej powieści Andre Aciman przedstawia historię znanych już czytelnikom bohaterów, jednak po 20 latach od wydarzeń z pierwszej książki. Tym razem autor nieco bardziej przybliża czytelnikom losy Samuela, czyli ojca Elio i szanowanego profesora. Mężczyzna po rozwodzie ze swoją żoną wyjeżdża z Florencji do Rzymu, gdzie spotyka się ze swoim synem, Elio. Elio nie jest już małym chłopcem, a szanowanym artystą. Dzięki swojej pasji, stał się uznanym pianistą. O jego koncertach piszą zaś na łamach popularnych czasopism. Oliver nie zakończył zaś przygód z uczelnią. Po udanych studiach, został profesorem na angielskim uniwersytecie. Ma też pozornie poukładane życie osobiste.
Céleste Albaret was Marcel Proust's housekeeper in his last years, when he retreated from the world to devote himself to In Search of Lost Time. She could imitate his voice to perfection, and Proust himself said to her, "You know everything about me." Her reminiscences of her employer present an intimate picture of the daily life of a great writer who was also a deeply peculiar man, while Madame Albaret herself proves to be a shrewd and engaging companion.
The story of a sudden and powerful romance that blooms between seventeen-year-old Elio and his father's house guest Oliver over the course of a restless summer on the Italian Riviera.
From the highly acclaimed author of Out of Egypt and Call Me by Your Name , a series of linked essays on memory by "the poet of disappointed love--and of the city" ( New York Times Book Review ).In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced departure from Alexandria as a teenager, though his brief stay in Europe and finally to the home he's made (and half invented) on Manhattan's Upper West Side.From False Papers : We remember not because we have something we wish to go back to, nor because memories are all we have. We remember because memory is our most intimate, most familiar gesture. Most people are convinced I love Alexandria. In truth, I love remembering Alexandria. For it is not Alexandria that is beautiful. Remembering is beautiful.
This richly colored memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, André Aciman introduces us to the marvelous eccentrics who shaped his life--Uncle Vili, the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the Saint, who gossip in six languages; Aunt Flora, the German refugee who warns that Jews lose everything "at least twice in their lives." And through it all, we come to know a boy who, even as he longs for a wider world, does not want to be led, forever, out of Egypt.
The bestselling author of Find Me and Call Me by Your Name returns to the
essay form with this collection of thoughts on time, the creative mind, and
great lives and works. The irrealis mood knows no boundaries between what is
and what isn't, between what happened and what won't.
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Aciman pieces together a rich tapestry of human emotion in a way few other contemporary writers can match.' DAZED 'Transporting . . . sensusous.' OBSERVER 'Compelling and witty.' NEW STATESMAN 1960s Rome. As teenage André stands on the dock, his mother fusses over their luggage - 32 suitcases, trunks and tea chests that contain their world. The ship will refuel and return to Alexandria, the home where they have left their father, as the Aciman family begin a new adventure in Rome. André is now head of the family, with a little brother to keep in line and a mother to translate for - for although she's mute, she is nothing if not communicative. Equal parts transporting and beautiful, this coming of age memoir shares the luminous, fragile truth of life for a family forever in exile, living in Rome, but still yet to find a home.
André Aciman's third novel, set in 1977, tells the story of a young Jewish Harvard graduate student yearning for assimilation into American culture. His life changes when he befriends Kalaj, a charismatic Arab cab driver. Their bond challenges the student's ambitions, forcing him to choose between his dreams and loyalty to his friend.
A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction Book of 2011 Celebrated as one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, André Aciman has written a luminous series of linked essays about time, place, identity, and art that show him at his very finest. From beautiful and moving pieces about the memory evoked by the scent of lavender; to meditations on cities like Barcelona, Rome, Paris, and New York; to his sheer ability to unearth life secrets from an ordinary street corner, Alibis reminds the reader that Aciman is a master of the personal essay.
**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name 'Aciman writes with an aching sensitivity.' JOHN BOYNE 'You don't so much read André Aciman's novels as tumble breathlessly into them.' THE TIMES Have you ever had the sense that maybe all lives are nothing more than the chronicle of countless stinging might-have-beens that continue to haunt us? In the scorching New York heat, a hundred people wait to be selected as jurors. Paul is reading a newspaper. Catherine is reading a novel. So begins a whirlwind flirtation: over cappuccinos in Manhattan and gallery trips to Chelsea, Paul and Catherine escape into the illusion of an Italian getaway. Their feelings quickly evolve into something deeper, something - as mature adults with lives of their own - Paul and Catherine must carry on in secret, with the understanding that anything more than a casual crush is out of the question. But as the sultry summer week draws to a close, the end of their rendezvous comes into focus, and Paul and Catherine are forced to decide whether to act on their feelings or leave the fantasy of what could have been to the annals of the past.
A LUSHLY ROMANTIC NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF CALL ME BY YOUR NAMEEight White Nights is an unforgettable journey through that enchanted terrain where passion and fear and the sheer craving to ask for love and to show love can forever alter who we are. A man in his late twenties goes to a large Christmas party in Manhattan where a woman introduces herself with three words: "I am Clara." Over the following seven days, they meet every evening at the same cinema. Overwhelmed yet cautious, he treads softly and won’t hazard a move. The tension between them builds gradually, marked by ambivalence, hope, and distrust. As André Aciman explores their emotions with uncompromising accuracy and sensuous prose, they move both closer together and farther apart, culminating on New Year's Eve in a final scene charged with magic and the promise of renewal. Call Me by Your Name, Aciman's debut novel, established him as one of the finest writers of our time, an expert at the most sultry depictions of longing and desire. As The Washington Post Book World wrote, "The beauty of Aciman’s writing and the purity of his passions should place this extraordinary first novel within the canon of great romantic love stories for everyone." Aciman’s piercing and romantic new novel is a brilliant performance from a master prose stylist.
Aciman erzählt in sechs Kapiteln die Geschichte einer jüdischen Familie, die Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts von Konstantinopel nach Alexandria zieht und dort sechs Jahrzehnte lebt. Nach der Machtübernahme der Nationalisten zerstreut sich die Familie, während Aciman uns durch das kulturell vielfältige Alexandria führt.
"У цьому чарівному дослідженні різновидів любові, автор всесвітнього бестселера продовжує переповідати життєві історії складних та привабливих персонажів "Називай мене своїм ім'ям", що сталися через десятки років після їхньої першої зустрічі. Історія у "Знайди мене" оповідується від імені батька Еліо, Семюеля, який подорожує з Флоренції до Риму, щоб навідати сина, обдарованого класичного піаніста. Випадкова зустріч у поїзді з красивою молодою жінкою рушить всі плани Семюеля і назавжди змінює його життя. Незабаром Еліо переїжджає до Парижа, де також заводить романтичні стосунки, тоді як Олівер, нині вже сімейний професор коледжу в Новій Англії, раптом замислюється про подорож назад через Атлантику. "Знайди мене" повертає нас до чарівного світу одного з найвизначніших романів сучасності, щоб ще раз поставити запитання, чи помирає насправді справжнє кохання." --
In this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller <em>Call Me by Your Name</em> revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman's haunting <em>Call Me by Your Name</em>. First published in 2007, it was hailed as "a love letter, an invocation . . . an exceptionally beautiful book" (Stacey D'Erasmo, <em>The New York Times Book Review</em>). Nearly three quarters of a million copies have been sold, and the book became a much-loved, Academy Award–winning film starring Timothée Chalamet as the young Elio and Armie Hammer as Oliver, the graduate student with whom he falls in love. In <em>Find Me</em>, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami's plans and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now 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 emotional nuances that are the substance of passion. <em>Find Me</em> brings us back inside the magic circle of one of our greatest contemporary romances to ask if, in fact, true love ever dies.
Час робить нас сентиментальними. Напевно, зрештою саме він змушує нас страждати. Що більше криється в нашому минулому, то складніше виборсатися з нього й почати все з чистого аркуша. Італія, літо, пляж, хвилі, берма Моне, місцина, де загинув Шеллі… Нічні гулянки, книгарні, смачне вино… Кіно, абрикоси, персики, розпашілі тіла і музика… «Називай мене своїм ім’ям» — це книга про відкриття себе, про дорослішання душі й перші почуття, які зринають з глибина нутра і вирують, немов розбурхане, невблаганне море. Це пам’ять про перше кохання й ода відкриттю. Риторика Андре Асімана гідна переймань Марселя Пруста й так само скрупульозна при пантруванні споминів, що чаяться вглибині людської душі.
