by Ota Pavel · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141192833
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«How I Came to Know Fish» is a childhood memoir by Ota Pavel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (144 pages, in English).
The book recalls Pavel's childhood in Czechoslovakia, where fishing with his father and his uncle Prosek was a source of happiness. With the Nazi occupation, his father and his two older brothers are sent to concentration camps, and Pavel steals confiscated fish from the SS to feed his family. The work thus portrays family memory, war, and a love of fishing.
Originally published in Czech in 1974; this English edition appeared in 2010 and belongs to the Penguin Modern Classics series, within the Central European Classics collection.
For readers interested in memoirs, fishing as a family bond, and Central Europe during the Second World War.
Ota Pavel was a Czech writer, journalist and sport reporter. He is primarily an author of autobiographical and biographical novels.
