The Gospel of the Eels

The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish
The first edition
AuthorPatrik Svensson
Original titleÅlevangeliet: Berättelsen om världens mest gåtfulla fisk
TranslatorAgnes Broomé
LanguageSwedish
SubjectEel life history
Genrehistory, autobiography
Published30 July 2019
PublisherAlbert Bonniers förlag
Publication placeSweden
AwardsAugust Prize (2019)

The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish (Swedish: Ålevangeliet: Berättelsen om världens mest gåtfulla fisk) is a 2019 book written by Swedish journalist and author Patrik Svensson. It won the 2019 August Prize for non-fiction.[1]

The book, which is partly non-fiction because it covers both the eel as a species and the eel's cultural history, but also has an autobiographical story about the author's relationship with his father.

In 2020, it was translated into English by Agnes Broomé.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ålevangeliet".
  2. ^ The Gospel of the Eels : A father, a son and the world's most enigmatic fish. 2020. ISBN 9781529030686.
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