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Swimming in the Dark

Swimming in the Dark

by Tomasz Jedrowski
Paperback
Publication Date: 04/05/2021

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Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love.

But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw, and to the harsh realities of life under the Party. Exiled from paradise, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.

Swimming in the Dark is an unforgettable debut about youth, love, and loss - and the sacrifices we make to live lives with meaning.

ISBN:
9781526604989
9781526604989
Category:
Adult & contemporary romance
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
04-05-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
198x129mm
Weight:
0.18kg

"Tomasz Jedrowski's Swimming in the Dark is captivating on the twin challenge of being both gay and liberal in communist Poland. An enchanting story of coming out and surviving, just, in a cold climate"
Andrew Adonis, Evening Standard Books of the Year

"One of the most astonishing contemporary gay novels we have ever read...A masterpiece"
Attitude

"A beautiful novel, and at its heart it was an amazing love story and I think that's something that everyone is looking for"
BBC Radio 4 Open Book, Editor's Pick

"Marvellous, precise, poignant writing; the reader is happy to be overwhelmed. The highest talent at work"
SEBASTIAN BARRY

"A lyrical exploration of the conflict between gay love and political conformity. Jedrowski is an authentic new international star"
EDMUND WHITE

Tomasz Jedrowski

Tomasz Jedrowski was born in West Germany to Polish parents and studied law at Cambridge and the Universit de Paris. He speaks five languages and currently lives in France.

Swimming in the Dark is his first novel.

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