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The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
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Author:
Patrik Svensson, Agnes Broomé
Publisher:
Ecco
Date:
May 26, 2020
An account of the mysterious life of eels that also serves as a meditation on consciousness, faith, time, light and darkness, and life and death.
What The Reviewers Say
Svensson has, quite stunningly, discovered in the natural and human history of the European eel a metaphor for his father’s life and a way to explore questions of knowledge, belief and faith.
... captivating.
... this is one of those special books, the kind that seem to have an extra resonant chamber attached.
...[a] captivating debut, congenially translated by Agnes Broomé.
