Find Me

A Novel

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André Aciman: Find Me (2019, Faber & Faber, Limited)

English language

Published March 27, 2019 by Faber & Faber, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-571-35649-2
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2 stars (1 review)

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2 stars

"Find me" is a novel about love: but it's a form of love that is purely and utterly romantic. To me, it just doesn't feel real. The characters (and the way they love) are pure idealisation of romantic love. Not one fight is included, not even one single little creak in the perfect edifice of their love. That's not how real life goes. Conveniently, at the end of each "episode", the narration ends at the peak of the "honeymoon phase", when the two lovers have fallen madly and desperately in love and everything is just perfect. Life after that is only briefly touched upon, but clearly Aciman is not interested in that. That's what I take issue with.

Oliver is the only character that, I felt, has some inner conflict: indeed, he was the only one who felt a bit more real. Too bad he only shows up in the …

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  • Fiction, lgbtq+, gay
  • Gay men, fiction
  • Musicians, fiction