{"product_id":"swimming-in-the-dark-a-novel-9780062890009","title":"Swimming in the Dark: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR  A DUA LIPA BOOK CLUB PICK Imagine 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 Magazine 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 dividea stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andr 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 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280116539445,"sku":"ByrdShop_006289000X","price":31.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780062890009.jpg?v=1780621540","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/swimming-in-the-dark-a-novel-9780062890009","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}