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Title: Swimming in the Dark
Author: Tomasz Jedrowski
Plot Outline: "Swimming in the Dark" is a gay love story set in early 1980s Communist Poland, narrated by Ludwik, who is writing to his former lover, Janusz, from his new life in New York City. The novel recounts their intense affair, which began at an agricultural work camp and deepened over a shared, illicit copy of James Baldwin's *Giovanni's Room*. As they return to Warsaw, their secret love and diverging political viewsJanusz embracing the system and Ludwik drawn to protestbegin to tear them apart amidst a repressive regime on the brink of collapse. Ultimately, Ludwik is forced to flee Poland after being exposed as homosexual, leaving Janusz behind.
Genre: Gay literature, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction, Queer.
Book Type: Paper Back
Year First Published: 2020
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