The book of eels our enduring fascination with the most mysterious creature in the natural world
"Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world's most elusive fish--the eel--and a reflection on the human condition. Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosop...
| Main Author: | Svensson, Patrik, 1972- (Author) |
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| Other Authors: | Broomé, Agnes (Translator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Swedish |
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New York, NY :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The eel
- By the stream
- Aristotle and the eel born of mud
- Looking into the eyes of an eel
- Sigmund Freud and the eels of Trieste
- Illegal fishing
- The Dane who found the eel's breeding ground
- Swimming against the current
- The people who fish for eel
- Outwitting the eel
- The uncanny eel
- To kill an animal
- Under the sea
- Setting an eel trap
- The long journey home
- Becoming a fool
- The eel on the brink of extinction
- In the Sargasso Sea.