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What is the significance of the title of the novel? Why does Aciman choose to feature an intimacy from Elio’s relationship with Oliver as the novel’s title?
What is the significance of Elio’s status as an Italian and an American? How do linguistic and cultural differences come between Elio and Oliver?
How does the older Elio characterize himself as a teenager? What does this reveal about youth?
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