找到我 (2019)

《找到我》（暂译，英语：Find me）是一部于2019年出版的小说，作者是安德列·艾席蒙。本书是艾席蒙2007年的代表作《夏日终曲》（又译作《请以你的名字呼唤我》）的续集。

情节梗概

《找到我》的故事分为三部分，分别于罗马、巴黎和纽约发生。

已经离婚的塞缪尔·帕尔曼从佛罗伦萨踏上前往罗马的旅程，去看望已经成为古典钢琴家的儿子艾里奥。在火车上，塞缪尔结识了一位年轻貌美的女子，这次相逢打乱了他的计划，更使他的人生发生了巨大的改变。不久之后，艾里奥移居巴黎，并且同样开始了一段意义非凡的感情关系。与此同时，身在新英格兰的奥利弗已经是一名大学教授，几个儿子也都长大成人，这时的他突然萌生了重新造访欧洲的想法。

创作背景

2018年11月，因执笔《夏日终曲》的电影版剧本而获得奥斯卡金像奖的詹姆斯·伊沃里在接受采访时透露，自己未有参与电影续集的筹划，原著作者艾席蒙也曾向他表示，拍摄续集不是个好主意。不过，同年12月3日，艾席蒙即在Twitter上宣布，自己已经着手开始撰写小说的续集。2019年3月20日，艾席蒙和出版商Farrar, Straus and Giroux正式公布了这部续作的书名和出版日期。

在谈及创作动机时，艾席蒙表示，虽然他为《夏日终曲》中的角色赋予了生命，但这些角色却反过来加深了他对于亲密关系与爱情的领悟；在小说被改编成电影后，他意识到自己想要重新与这些角色相处，观察他们此后的生活，因此创作了《找到我》。

出版发行

《找到我》由Farrar, Straus and Giroux出版，于2019年10月29日正式发行。

Find Me is a 2019 novel by writer André Aciman. The novel follows the lives of Samuel "Sami" Perlman, his son Elio Perlman, and Oliver, characters established in Aciman's 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name.

Plot

The novel is divided into four sections: Tempo, Cadenza, Capriccio, and Da capo. Each of the sections focuses on a different character’s point of view and narration.

Tempo

In 1993, a decade after the events of Call Me By Your Name, Samuel Perlman boards a train bound for Rome to visit his grown son, Elio, a gifted pianist. Samuel, a divorced scholar of classical literature, believes the finest chapters of his life are long gone. However, he is captivated by a striking young woman seated across from him. Their conversation flows effortlessly, an immediate rapport forming between them, as if they share an unspoken understanding despite being complete strangers.

Upon reaching Rome, the woman, Miranda, extends an invitation for Samuel to spend the day with her and her father. As the hours unfold with shopping, cooking, and dining together, an unexpected romance blossoms between them. Their connection feels serendipitous—two kindred spirits stumbling upon each other in a moment of exhilarating fate. They have sex, then become lovers, and Samuel, swept up in this newfound passion, asks Miranda to live with him in his coastal home. Without hesitation, she agrees, leaving behind her boyfriend to be with Samuel.

When Miranda meets Elio, he welcomes her into their intimate father-son tradition—leisurely strolls through Rome, revisiting places imbued with personal significance. Though deeply drawn to one another, both Miranda and Samuel remain skeptical of love’s permanence, fearing its eventual monotony. Yet, they continue seeking deeper intimacy, believing their union to be the product of something almost mystical. For Samuel, this profound connection is something he had long yearned for but never expected to find so late in life.

Cadenza

By 1998, Elio has settled in Paris, where he performs as a concert pianist and teaches music at a conservatory. One evening, he attends a recital by the Florian Quartet at a church, where he crosses paths with Michel, a distinguished, charismatic man. There is an immediate mutual attraction, and they arrange to see each other again. Their courtship begins with a date, followed by another, and soon, their relationship deepens into an impassioned bond.

Michel and Elio find solace in each other, their connection both tender and electric. As they navigate their time together—sometimes awkward, often profound—they share stories of past loves. Michel senses that Elio is still tethered to memories of Oliver, a former lover. Their conversations turn philosophical, particularly about fate: Michel embraces its inevitability, while Elio remains unconvinced.

During a trip to his country home with Elio, Michel unveils a mysterious sonata, a keepsake from his father, written by a man named Léon, whom he suspects was once his father’s secret lover. Entrusted with this hidden piece of history, Elio plays the composition on the piano and realizes it is not a sonata at all, but a cadenza—an improvisatory passage blending fragments of existing works. To his astonishment, this piece, dated 1944, weaves melodies from the Kol Nidre, suggesting that Léon was Jewish. Intrigued, Elio investigates further and discovers that Léon was actually Ariel Waldstein, a musician from the Florian Quartet—the very ensemble that once performed in the church where he and Michel met. Waldstein was killed in a concentration camp after refusing to part with his violin.

As Elio prepares for an upcoming tour in the United States, where he plans to reunite with Oliver after fifteen years, Michel quietly acknowledges that he is not the person Elio is destined to be with.