{"id":652,"date":"2019-11-27T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/minneapolisstpaul\/?post_type=tribe_events&eventDate=2021-02-20#038;p=395"},"modified":"2021-02-01T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:58:14","slug":"115-pm-saturday-book-club-2021-02-20","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/minneapolisstpaul\/event\/115-pm-saturday-book-club-2021-02-20\/","title":{"rendered":"1:15 PM – Saturday – Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

What:<\/strong> Swimming in the Dark
\nBy:<\/strong> Tomasz Jedrowski
\nHost: Rick<\/strong>
\nWhere:<\/strong> Zoom
\nWhen:<\/strong> Feb. 20 at 1:15 PM<\/p>\n

Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices by email here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Review:<\/p>\n

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\u201cImagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you’ll get a sense of<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Jedrowski’s moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn
\napart.\u201d \u2014 O, The Oprah Magazine<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths. Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.\u201d \u2014 Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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opposite sides of the political divide\u2014a stunningly poetic and heartrending literary debut for fans of Andr\u00e9 Aciman, Garth Greenwell, and Alan Hollinghurst.<\/p>\n

When university student Ludwik meets Janusz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon<\/p>\n

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becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin\u2019s Giovanni\u2019s Room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Inhabiting a beautiful, natural world removed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive Communist and Catholic society,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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the passion they share is utterly unthinkable. Once they return to Warsaw, the charismatic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Janusz quickly rises in the political ranks of the party and is rewarded with a highly coveted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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government position. Ludwik is drawn toward<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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impulsive acts of protest, unable to ignore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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rising food prices and the stark economic disparity around them. Their secret love and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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personal and political differences slowly begin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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to tear them apart as both men struggle to survive in a regime on the brink of collapse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Shifting from the intoxication of first love to the quiet melancholy of growing up and growing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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apart, Swimming in the Dark is a potent blend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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of romance, postwar politics, intrigue, and history. Lyrical and sensual, immersive and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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intense, Tomasz Jedrowski\u2019s indelible and<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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thought-provoking literary debut explores freedom and love in all its incarnations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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