Patrik Svensson (1) (1972–)
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Patrik Svensson is a writer and journalist. He lives with his family in Malm, Sweden. The Book of Eels is his first book.
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- 1972-12-07
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- Sweden
- Geboorteplaats
- Kvidinge, Schweden
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The book of eels : our enduring fascination with the… door Patrik Svensson
I really enjoyed this. I read another eel book a few years back, Eels, an exploration. That book had a lot about folklore/mythology, which this one lacks. This book has some interesting natural history, though almost solely in terms of reproduction. It is also a touching exploration of how the eel formed part of the author’s relationship with his father and a caveat to humans to consider their impact on the planet.
I wanted to read about eels, not grandparents.
I gave it the good old-fashioned try. Unfortunately eels are just not my thing, as it turns out. Sorry Clancy. 3
Yep, it's a book about eels. I will admit, I didn't have good feeling about eels when I started this. There's just something about them that felt sort of vaguely creepy or disgusting in a way that made me not want to think about them too much. Which is weird, because that's not a reaction I have to many animals. Like, snakes and spiders? Bring 'em on!
Anyway, I now feel as if I should apologize to the eel, because it turns out they are deeply interesting creatures, and rather impressive ones, and every bit as deeply mysterious as the subtitle of the book suggests. All the scientific stuff in here about the things we do and don't know about eels, and how we do or why we don't know them, was absolutely fascinating to me. Some of the tangents the author goes on about famous people who studied eels and such was a bit less so, but still plenty interesting enough. I will say that for much of the book, I found his attempts at philosophizing and his reminiscences about his father, with whom he used to fish for eels, much less compelling, But damned if I didn't come around to that, too, and by the end I appreciated it as something both thoughtful and touching.… (meer)
Anyway, I now feel as if I should apologize to the eel, because it turns out they are deeply interesting creatures, and rather impressive ones, and every bit as deeply mysterious as the subtitle of the book suggests. All the scientific stuff in here about the things we do and don't know about eels, and how we do or why we don't know them, was absolutely fascinating to me. Some of the tangents the author goes on about famous people who studied eels and such was a bit less so, but still plenty interesting enough. I will say that for much of the book, I found his attempts at philosophizing and his reminiscences about his father, with whom he used to fish for eels, much less compelling, But damned if I didn't come around to that, too, and by the end I appreciated it as something both thoughtful and touching.… (meer)
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