LWS August Book Club: 'Room on the Sea' by Andre Aciman

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'Room on the Sea: Three Novellas' by André Aciman - From the author of 'Call Me By Your Name' comes three stories -- two set in Italy and one in New York. The short fictions deal with the heart-wrenching vicissitudes of amorous ambivalence, in André Aciman's inimitably nostalgic, lyric style."The Gentleman from Peru" tells the story of the life-changing encounter of a group of friends with an enigmatic solitary guest in a hotel on the Amalfi Coast. "Room on the Sea" is a dialogue between a man and a woman who meet on jury duty and embark on a complex relationship. "Mariana" is a modern retelling of a famous seventeenth-century novel about a love affair between a nun and a swashbuckling, unreliable aristocrat. No one writes about the ups and downs, the yeses and nos, of contemporary love like Aciman. As The Times (London) writes: ”You don't so much read André Aciman's novels as tumble breathlessly into them.“

AMAZON LINK TO BOOK
Page Count: 272 Pages
Published Date: June 25, 2025
Audiobook: N/A (see below for more details)

IMPORTANT BEFORE OBTAINING YOUR COPY OF THIS BOOK!

While this book of three short stories was recently published as one book, all three of these short stories were previously published separately. Make sure you get the book titled "Room on the Sea: Three Novellas" by Andre Aciman. One of the short stories is titled "Room on the Sea", so it's very easy to think you are obtaining the three novellas and you end up getting just the one. I've added the link above to the correct book.

AUDIOBOOK
The audible version of this book does not exist. You must purchase each audiobook separately.

• Gentlemen From Peru - Amazon Link - narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (All The Colors of the Dark, Trust, The Art Thief) - Time: 2 hours, 39 minutes
• Room on the Sea - Amazon Link - narrated by actor Jeff Daniels - Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes.
• Mariana - Amazon Link - narrated by Mamie Gummer (The Gilded Age, Meryl Streep's Daughter) Time: 1 hour, 37 minutes.

PURCHASING THE BOOKS SEPARATELY
'Room on the Sea' and 'Gentlemen From Peru' are both available as stand alone books. 'Mariana' is an audible exclusive and is not available in print (only in the combined book of three novellas)

Location: Mise En Place. Lynn will be curating an "Italian Summer" wine tasting.

Cost: $25 paid directly to Lynn at time of tasting