Elio Perlman 🦢📚

her mother, annella, had told her that they were going to receive another student in the villa during the summer, just like the last four seasons

Elio had taken to vacating her room and moving next door for four weeks every year, sharing the bathroom with any stranger who might stay.

Throwing his bike carelessly into the brush and ignoring the gravel road, he hurried towards the Perlman villa.

He just returned from swimming in his favorite place, a small lake, framed by green trees, the perfect place to read

And