Whether you've seen the Academy Award nominated film65 Days of Solo Pleasure 3: Secret Office Sexnot, Call Me By Your Name is worth your time.
On this week's episode of the MashReads Podcast, we're continuing our lovely streak of books that happened to have been turned into feature films. We discuss the brilliance of Andre Aciman and his stunning 2007 novel, Call Me By Your Name.
SEE ALSO: If you liked the 'Annihilation' movie, you absolutely NEED to read the bookThe premise is simple: Elio, an intelligent 17 year-old, meets and falls for Oliver, the 24-year-old American graduate student staying with the family for six weeks in the summer. Elio and Oliver embark on a friendship and love story set in Italy of the 1980s. The two wrestle with their feelings, take about a million swims in a pool, and ultimately will have you feeling like a love-obsessed teen by proxy.
And while there isn't much to digest beyond the back and forth that make up the mysteries of love, Aciman leaves you chewing on a whole heap of things thanks to the beautifully agitating way he paints the inner workings of Elio's love-struck brain and the intricacies of a first love.
But because this book is much more than it's detailed descriptions of bodily fluids, inspired by Elio and Oliver's love, we also discussed all our favorite love stories including everything from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien to The Royal Weby Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan.
And as you've come to expect from us every week, here is your weekly dose of recommendations for you:
Martha recommends checking out Spotify's newest podcast "Microphone Check" about all things hip-hop music—and things that fall under the grander ethos of hip-hop. It formerly had a home within NPR Music but the new reiteration of the show can be listened to here.
Proma Khosla, who joined us for this episode, recommends the film Thoroughbreds, which is as she describes it, a "great movie for staring." It features the late Alton Yelchin and, according to Proma, the acting—and the sound—is incredible and striking. Watch the trailer here.
Peter read a book and thinks you should too. He recommends Aloneby Christophe Chabouté, a graphic novel that is "kind of wonderful" about a lighthouse occupied by a deformed man and his imagination. "The art style is captivating and it's quiet itself," Peter says. You can check it out here.
MJ recommends reading Jo Ann Beard's 1996 New Yorker essay "The Fourth State of Matter." It chronicles the 1991 shootings at The University of Iowa and the death of her co-workers. "What I love about this story is it zigs when you expect it to zag," MJ says. You can read the story, with both zags and the zigs, here.
If you're looking for more books coverage, be sure to follow MashReadson Facebook and Twitter. Between that and all those recommendations, there is plenty to ponder until we discuss all things Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agendanext week on the show.
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