"Mystery of Love" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and produced by Thomas Bartlett. It was self-released digitally, under license to Madison Gate Records an
Stevens wrote "Mystery of Love" while in Oregon and references the state's Rogue River.
Aciman originally claimed that the novel was set in Bordighera, Liguria, but he later described the setting as an "imaginary" version of Italy that was more "Egypt transposed on to the Italian shore."