by Patrik Svensson · Ecco · tapa dura · ISBN 9780062968814
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«The Book of Eels» is the popular science essay and personal memoir by Patrik Svensson, published by Ecco in hardcover (256 pages, in English).
The book revolves around the «cuestión de la anguila»: the enigma of its reproduction and its migration to the sea after decades in fresh water. Svensson combines history, literature and marine biology with memories of fishing with his father, and mentions Aristotle, Freud or Rachel Carson, as well as the search for its breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea.
Originally published in Swedish as «Ålevangeliet» (2019), translated by Agnes Broomé; winner of the Augustpriset and nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
For readers of naturalist non-fiction and memoirs, with an interest in biology and the history of science.
