Tomasz Jedrowski

En los años ochenta, Ludwik, un estudiante universitario polaco, inconformista y lector voraz, se ve obligado a asistir a un campamento de verano de agricultura. Allí conoce a Janusz, un chico atractivo y despreocupado por el que comienza a sentirse fascinado, aunque el temor no le permite bajar la guardia. Un encuentro fortuito junto al rio los conduce a una aventura intensa, excitante y absorbente.Aislados de la sociedad y sus restricciones, y unidos por un ejemplar ilegal de La habitacion de Giovanni de James Baldwin, ambos se enamoran profundamente. Pero en el mundo real les espera un pais catolico y comunista donde la pasion que comparten es inconcebible.El amor secreto entre los dos jovenes se vera desafiado por sus diferencias ideologicas, en un esfuerzo por sobrevivir en un regimen al borde del colapso.LO QUE LA CRITICA DICE de NADAR EN LA OSCURIDADConmovedor () los lectores que disfruten de esta impresionante obra esperaran con ganas el siguiente libro del autor. Muy recomendado a quienes les gusten las historias de amor en las dificultades mas adversas (Library Journal)Deslumbrante () los lectores disfrutaran de una una prosa inolvidable que se aproxima a la maestria de Alan Hollinghurst (Publisher Weekly)El lector puede imaginarse un Llamame por tu nombre ambientado en Polonia durante el comunismo y se hara una idea de como es el conmovedor debut literario de Jedrowski sobre una absorbente historia de amor en un pais dividido (O, The Oprah Magazine)Una de las novelas gais mas sorprendentes que hemos leido jamas. Nadar en la oscuridad es extraordinariamente hermosa () Erotica, hipnotizante, desgarradora y brutal. Es una obra maestra (Attitude magazine UK)Un romance conmovedor e inusual con un trasfondo politico () Jedrowski escribe con elegancia y evoca primero una honestidad emocional en la que prosperan los amantes, para detallar despues la opresion del Partido Obrero Unificado Polaco (The Guardian)

LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2021A Guardian Book of the Year'The highest talent at work' Sebastian Barry'Beautiful ... A masterpiece' AttitudePoland, 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.'An affecting and unusual romance' Observer'A new classic' Evening Standard'A beautiful novel, and at its heart an amazing love story' BBC Radio 4 Open Book, Editor's Pick'Jedrowski is an authentic new international star' Edmund White'A remarkable, beautiful tale, utterly new and entirely credible ... This book radiates sensuality, humour, and human truths' Literary Review

""Em uma mistura intensa entre política, excitação e poesia, este livro conta a história de dois homens que se veem entrelaçados em uma paixão muito maior do que a onda de incerteza e violência que t

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR A DUA LIPA BOOK CLUB PICKImagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and youll get a sense of Jedrowskis moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn apart. O, The Oprah MagazineCaptivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer. Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the AnimalsSet 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 dividea stunningly poetic and heartrending coming-of-age story and 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 in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwins Giovannis 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 a dangerous secret, 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 government position. 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 historical romance, postwar politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and intense, Tomasz Jedrowskis indelible and thought-provoking literary debut explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.

Pologne, 1980. Ludwik et Janusz, étudiants, tombent amoureux lors dun camp dété à la campagne. Mais de retour à Varsovie, sous le joug d un Parti omniprésent et menaçant, leur relation secrète devien

En los años ochenta, Ludwik, un estudiante universitario polaco, inconformista y lector voraz, se ve obligado a asistir a un campamento de verano de agricultura. Allí conoce a Janusz, un chico atractivo y despreocupado por el que comienza a sentirse fascinado, aunque el temor no le permite bajar la guardia. Un encuentro fortuito junto al rio los conduce a una aventura intensa, excitante y absorbente.Aislados de la sociedad y sus restricciones, y unidos por un ejemplar ilegal de La habitacion de Giovanni de James Baldwin, ambos se enamoran profundamente. Pero en el mundo real les espera un pais catolico y comunista donde la pasion que comparten es inconcebible.El amor secreto entre los dos jovenes se vera desafiado por sus diferencias ideologicas, en un esfuerzo por sobrevivir en un regimen al borde del colapso.