Swimming in the Dark Ancient & Classical Poetry perfect for readers of Rachel

perfect for readers of Rachel Cusk and Karl Ove Knausgaard (New Yorker)

spiritual portrait of a perfect English butler and his reaction to his fading insular world in post-war England

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It's gripping

By turns playful and profound

Swimming in the Dark Ancient & Classical Poetry perfect for readers of RachelSet 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 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