Roza
17 jan. 2022
Prachtig boek en de voorlezer heeft een hele fijne stem.
“Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you'll get a sense of Jedrowski's moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn apart.” — O Magazine, LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020
“Captivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.” — Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals
Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide—a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andre Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst.
When university student Ludwik meets Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks camping in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. Inhabiting a beautiful natural world removed from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive communist and Catholic society, the passion they share is utterly unthinkable.
Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly-coveted position in the ministry. Ludwik is drawn toward impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and personal and political differences slowly begin to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse.
Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend of romance, post-war politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and intense, Tomasz Jedrowski has crafted an indelible and thought-provoking literary debut that explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062987761
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 28 april 2020
“Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you'll get a sense of Jedrowski's moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn apart.” — O Magazine, LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020
“Captivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.” — Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals
Set in early 1980s Poland against the violent decline of communism, a tender and passionate story of first love between two young men who eventually find themselves on opposite sides of the political divide—a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andre Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst.
When university student Ludwik meets Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks camping in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. Inhabiting a beautiful natural world removed from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive communist and Catholic society, the passion they share is utterly unthinkable.
Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly-coveted position in the ministry. Ludwik is drawn toward impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and personal and political differences slowly begin to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse.
Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend of romance, post-war politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and intense, Tomasz Jedrowski has crafted an indelible and thought-provoking literary debut that explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.
© 2020 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062987761
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 28 april 2020
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Roza
17 jan. 2022
Prachtig boek en de voorlezer heeft een hele fijne stem.
Aksu
15 dec. 2020
Beautifully written. Sad, nostalgic and heartwarming in the same time. Perfect narration.
Elsebeth
3 aug. 2022
Virkelig fantastisk bog og en god oplæser
Caio
4 feb. 2022
Que livro mais gostoso de ler! É fluido, rápido e envolvente. Achei a escrita bem poética, chegando a me lembrar, apenas em alguns momentos, de me chame pelo seu nome. Só não dei as cinco estrelas porque senti falta de um aprofundamento maior no romance/sentimentos dos dois. Ótima leitura e indico demais a qualquer um que esteja procurando uma história de descobertas, amor e dois homens apaixonados numa Polônia comunista.
Marlien
13 juli 2020
Mooi boek maar jammer dat de voorlezer de Poolse woorden niet uit kan spreken.
Oana
6 juli 2021
Loved it!
Кристиян
21 mars 2021
The best LGBT themed book I‘ve ever read/heard.
Geovana
1 apr. 2022
que história triste, sensível, poética 😭😭😭
Akash
28 maj 2021
Must read
Angelique
20 maj 2021
Een goed boek
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Roza
17 jan. 2022
Prachtig boek en de voorlezer heeft een hele fijne stem.
Aksu
15 dec. 2020
Beautifully written. Sad, nostalgic and heartwarming in the same time. Perfect narration.
Elsebeth
3 aug. 2022
Virkelig fantastisk bog og en god oplæser
Caio
4 feb. 2022
Que livro mais gostoso de ler! É fluido, rápido e envolvente. Achei a escrita bem poética, chegando a me lembrar, apenas em alguns momentos, de me chame pelo seu nome. Só não dei as cinco estrelas porque senti falta de um aprofundamento maior no romance/sentimentos dos dois. Ótima leitura e indico demais a qualquer um que esteja procurando uma história de descobertas, amor e dois homens apaixonados numa Polônia comunista.
Marlien
13 juli 2020
Mooi boek maar jammer dat de voorlezer de Poolse woorden niet uit kan spreken.
Oana
6 juli 2021
Loved it!
Кристиян
21 mars 2021
The best LGBT themed book I‘ve ever read/heard.
Geovana
1 apr. 2022
que história triste, sensível, poética 😭😭😭
Akash
28 maj 2021
Must read
Angelique
20 maj 2021
Een goed boek
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