Swimming in the Dark
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Swimming in the Dark

by Tomasz Jedrowski

2020•Romance•176 pages

Taste attributes: romancedramahistoricalgay/lesbianslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeStirring and realistic: a heavy romance novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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4.8 / 5

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About This Book

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 in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

RomanceDramaHistoricalGay/lesbianComplex relationshipTroubled leadsInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

PolandHistorical FictionQueerLgbtiq+RomanceHistoricalGayLiterary Fiction

Details

Author
Tomasz Jedrowski
Published
2020
Pages
176
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