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Swimming in Darkness
Swimming in Darkness | Lucas Harari
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Pierre is a young man at a crossroads. He drops out of architecture school and decides to travel to Vals in the Swiss Alps, home to a thermal springs complex located deep inside a mountain. The complex, designed by architect Paul Zumthor, had been the subject of Pierres thesis. The mountain holds many mysteries; it was said to have a mouth that periodically swallowed people up. Pierre, sketchbook in hand, is drawn to the enigmatic powers of the mountain and its springs, and attempts to uncover the truth behind them in the secret rooms he discovers deep within the complex. But he finds his match in a man named Valeret who is similarly obsessed, and whod like nothing more than to eliminate his competitor. Gorgeously illustrated, Swimming in Darkness is an intriguing, noirish graphic novel about uncovering the powerful secrets of the natural world.
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I stumbled across this oversized graphic novel at the library recently & although it is published by Arsenal Pulp, I was reminded of Drawn & Quarterly. The narrator's father gifts a journal of an architect student named Pierre. Pierre is obsessed with a building in the Swiss Alps, the subject of his thesis. Upon arrival Pierre uncovers secret rooms & other mysteries in this unusual, but memorable, story. I greatly enjoyed this one.

batsy This one sounds great! I really miss discovering new graphic novels. They're way too expensive here and the local library system only has very few select titles. 2y
BarbaraBB I love that cover 😍😍 2y
vivastory @batsy It was really interesting! I buy a few, but most of them I get from my local library. I always feel very fortunate to have access to a lot of different materials. 💙📚 2y
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vivastory @BarbaraBB The story was definitely enhanced by the artwork 2y
batsy @vivastory When I was living in Canada I was so grateful for the library system. A huge factor in making books accessible ♥️ 2y
vivastory @batsy I always feel rich, thanks to my library system. A universal human right IMO 2y
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