Swimming in the dark

A novel

Hardcover, 208 pages

English language

Published April 28, 2020 by Bloomsbury (UK), William Morrow (US).

ISBN:
978-0-06-289000-9
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Poland, 1980. Shy, anxious Ludwik has been sent along with the rest of his university class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together they spend a dreamlike summer falling in love.

But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw. Confronted by the scrutiny, intolerance and corruption of life under the Party, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.

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A estória de descoberta da (homo)sexualidade e amor de um jovem na Polónia dos anos 70 e 80. As primeiras páginas passam depressa, as descrições são muito cativantes e dão um bom retrato da época e país e de um jovem naquelas circunstâncias, mas à medida que a narrativa avança, sendo que o final vai ficando claro, a leitura começa a arrastar-se e o narrador/personagem principal fica, a meu ver, menos convincente e o tom autojustificativo um bocado fastidioso.