Tomasz Jedrowski is a remarkable writer.” - Justin Torres, bestselling author of We the Animals “Captivating both for its shimmering surfaces and its terrifying depths.
This is a stylish, atmospheric book whose deliberate pacing deliciously builds tension and mystery.“Imagine Call Me By Your Name set in Communist Poland and you'll get a sense of Jedrowski's moving debut about a consuming love affair amidst a country being torn apart.” - O Magazine, LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2020
Harari melds academia, obsession, and mysticism in this eerie graphic novel. Harari incorporates local legend with the history of architecture, particularly the idea of secret rooms, and wraps these all around Zumthor's conundrum of a structure and the stylistic forms of noir. From the opening pages, Swimming in Darkness grabs the reader and refuses to let go, creeping slowly through an uncanny realm where fiction and reality dance together in a haunting and unforgettable waltz. Praise for this book cannot be overstated. You will be completely engrossed by this reading experience. Cinematically stylish, Swimming in Darkness has quite a steady hand when it comes to suspense and mystery. Imagine a stylish and brooding psychological thriller without a corpse, and youâll get the gorgeously drawn Swimming in Darkness. NPR's Best Books of the Year listĪ compelling mystery/suspense thriller that will keep audiences riveted. Harari's tale is pulpy noir by way of Hitchcock, with a strong, Lynchian hint of the uncanny. Hollywood Reporterīeautifully rendered, this should appeal to discerning readers who favor the artwork as much as the story in graphic novels. The new graphic novel Swimming in Darkness lives in the space between those two facts. There is, however, a myth that the mountain has been known to swallow people whole from time to time. It's built into a mountain and devoid of clocks, so that visitors surrender entirely to the experience. Swiss architect Peter Zumthor's work on the Therme Vals - a hotel and spa built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland - is intentionally overwhelming. Elsa Charretier, author of November Vol. Much like the mountain in Swimming In Darkness, Harari's intricate, puzzle-like grid will pull you in, and swallow you whole. Its pages teem with secret passages, showing us that Earth has an architecture beyond our recognition. Swimming in Darkness is a beautifully rendered mystery. This noirish modern of mysterious architectures, strange geometries and people drowning in obsession is eerily unsettling and completely mesmerising.
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