Poland, 1980. Anxious, disillusioned Ludwik Glowacki, soon to graduate university, has been sent along with the rest of his class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz - and together, they spend a dreamlike summer swimming in secluded lakes, reading forbidden books - and falling in love.

But with summer over, the two are sent back to Warsaw, and to the harsh realities of life under the Party. Exiled from paradise, Ludwik and Janusz must decide how they will survive; and in their different choices, find themselves torn apart.

Swimming in the Dark is an unforgettable debut about youth, love, and loss - and the sacrifices we make to live lives with meaning.

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6 heures et 45 minutes
Auteur

Tomasz Jedrowski
Narrateur

Robert Nairne
Date de sortie sur audible

6 février 2020
Langue

Anglais
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Audible Studios
ASIN

B081QMNR7G
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Durée	6 heures et 45 minutes
Auteur	Tomasz Jedrowski
Narrateur	Robert Nairne
Date de publication sur Audible.fr	06 février 2020
Éditeur	Audible Studios
Type de programme	Livre audio
Version	Version intégrale
Langue	Anglais
ASIN	B081QMNR7G
Classement des meilleures ventes d'Amazon	26,441 en Livres et œuvres originales Audible (Voir les 100 premiers en Livres et œuvres originales Audible) 4 en Fiction historique LGBT 94 en Romance historique du XXe siècle 1,827 en Fiction historique

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Bernard Crawlone

Worth reading

Commenté en France 🇫🇷 le 17 décembre 2021

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The story line is well described and the characters are credible. The interesting part is the fact that the story takes place beyond the iron curtain, in a country where stigma of homosexualilty is even higher because of its very religious culture.

L'histoire est bien décrite et les personnages sont crédibles. La chose intéressante est le fait que cela a lieu d'hier le rideau de fer, dans un pays où la stigmatisation de l'homosexualité est même plus haute à cause de sa culture très religieuse.

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the gman

A beautifully written book, essential for gay men born before the milenium

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 3 mai 2020

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Many of us gay men who came out before the mid naughties wave of gay acceptance remember well the feeling of forbidden love that came along with our sexuality. A time when being spoken to by someone over 30 wasn't the most terrifying thing that could happen to a young gay man, but the ever present threat of ostracisation and violence. A great many of us had loved, or may have even been, that person who buried their feelings for fear of becoming a societal pariah because of the way they were born. This book explores the heartbreak, pain and shame that went along with those times from both sides. An essential ramead for any gay man who remembers the milenium

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BevS

Superb first novel from this Author...

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 11 novembre 2020

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I remember watching the TV during the Solidarność trade union uprising in 1980, hoping and praying that the Polish people's misery would soon end, justice would be done, and the corrupt Communist leadership of Edward Gierek, and his band of cronies would be disbanded. Poland had already suffered dreadful atrocities during the Second World War, and millions of people, including many, many Jews were killed and forced to leave by the Germans. At the end of the war, the Poles were left to the tender mercies of the Russians...disgracefully, the Western alliance abandoned them and several other countries to their fate.

This story brought everything back. The dark, dangerous times that people lived in, looking over their shoulder to see who was watching them, staying silent in case their words were overheard and repeated to officials who would report them. Who on earth could you trust? It was very atmospheric; the sombre, dispirited mood of the citizens, the hardships endured day after day, and in the middle of it all, Ludwik meets Janusz and begins his swim in the dark...the title is very apt. This story is a BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN CLASSIC, and not at all pretentious...unlike Call Me By Your Name IMHO.

What I find particularly saddening about it all is that despite Poland 'fighting' for their freedom and embracing Western ideals and democracy, they seem to have learned nothing from their past and are now regressing into a country with strict religious morals where LGBT people are no longer an acceptable part of their society, and I've no doubt archaic rules and regulations will come into force sooner rather than later. Luckily, author Tomasz Jedrowski lives in France with his husband.

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BernieM

Described as a masterpiece...

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 21 septembre 2020

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...And I'm inclined to agree. Some have been comparing it with Pasternak's Zhivago - but here I'm undecided. It hasn't the stature or the sweep of the Pasternak but it penetrates deeper into the psychology of the participants. Pasternak, as I recall, wasn't interested in the sexual preferences of his characters (though I have to admit I read Zhivago probably half a century ago) whereas Swimming in the Dark keeps them centre-stage, which is scarcely surprising given the penalties his characters face for deviation. It is a remarkable novel by all the standards generally applied by penetrative readers, but perhaps not quite Nobel material. I wait to be proved wrong. bm.

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Brawly

Love in a Cold Climate

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 8 août 2020

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This is one of the most convincing stories I have read about first love that stands head and shoulders above most gay novels. It reads like a first novel based on personal experience, if not an autobiography, and there isn’t a false note in the whole book. Moreover, despite the constant danger of being exposed under the repressive Cold War regime in Poland, and their very different expectations, the way the two main protagonists handle their relationship is very believable and remains so when the narrator moves to the USA. This new novel is upbeat and life-affirming and I strongly recommend it.

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Goffin

Nostalgia for a past I never knew

Commenté au Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧 le 15 avril 2020

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Beautifully written. Felt like I had lived that life, although I've never set foot in Poland. Somehow, it could've been set anywhere. The same melancholy. The same dilemmas. The same beauty.

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