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008			191218t20202020nyu b 000 0 eng
010			_a2019054460
020			_a0062968815 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780062968814 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9780062968838 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9780062968821 _q(trade paperback)
020			_a0062968823 _q(trade paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)1133663253 _z(OCoLC)1112255672 _z(OCoLC)1148160177 _z(OCoLC)1155403490 _z(OCoLC)1165395185 _z(OCoLC)1181794978 _z(OCoLC)1240167717
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050	0	0	_aQL637.9.A5 _bS9413 2020
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100	1		_aSvensson, Patrik, _d1972- _eauthor. _942071
240	1	0	_aÅlevangeliet. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe book of eels : _bour enduring fascination with the most mysterious creature in the natural world / _cPatrik Svensson ; translated from the Swedish by Agnes Broomé.
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_a241 pages ; _c22 cm
500			_a"Originally published as Ålevangeliet in Sweden in 2019 by Albert Bonniers Fölag"--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-241).
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_a"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 philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the "eel question": Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don't understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mystery. Drawing on a breadth of research about eels in literature, history, and modern marine biology, as well as his own experience fishing for eels with his father, Patrik Svensson crafts a mesmerizing portrait of an unusual, utterly misunderstood, and completely captivating animal. In The Book of Eels, we meet renowned historical thinkers, from Aristotle to Sigmund Freud to Rachel Carson, for whom the eel was a singular obsession. And we meet the scientists who spearheaded the search for the eel's point of origin, including Danish marine biologist Johannes Schmidt, who led research efforts in the early twentieth century, catching thousands upon thousands of eels, in the hopes of proving their birthing grounds in the Sargasso Sea. Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson's journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant."--
650		0	_aEels. _942072
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
700	1		_aBroomé, Agnes, _etranslator. _942073
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