Bøger af Patrik Svensson

Hvordan lærte mennesker at finde vej over havet? Var Magellan virkelig den første, der sejlede jorden rundt? Hvordan bidrog kaskelothvalen til oplysningen? På hvilken måde ændrede den skotske bager Robert Dick vores syn på livets historie? Hvordan kan vi egentlig vide, hvor dybt havet er? Havet og mennesket er en bog om de mennesker, der har udforsket, kortlagt og forsøgt at underlægge sig havet. Det er også en bog om havets tillokkelse, om den ældgamle drift, der til alle tider har fået mennesker til at søge ud på åbent hav. Kort sagt en bog om nysgerrigheden.

Los Angeles TimesBestsellerIndieBound BestsellerA New York Times Editors ChoiceOne of Forbes Best Summer Reads for Those Stuck Inside Working Remotely One of the LA Times 21 New and Classic Books to Keep You in Touch with the Natural WorldOne of NPR Science Fridays Best Science Books of the SummerPartH Is for Hawk, partThe Soul of an Octopus,The Book of Eelsis both a meditation on the worlds most elusive fishthe eeland a reflection on the human conditionRemarkably little is known about the European eel,Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with whathas becomeknown 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 dont 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. InThe 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 eels 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, Svenssons 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.

Hvor meget kan man vide om en ål? Eller om et menneske?'Åleevangeliet' er en bog om verdens mest gådefulde fisk. I dag er store dele af ålens liv stadig et mysterium. En fisk, som Aristoteles, Sigmund Freud og mange andre forgæves har forsøgt at forstå. I dag er ålen på listen over truede dyr.Men 'Åleevangeliet' er også en bog om forfatteren og hans far, og om hvordan ålen knyttede dem sammen. En historie om livet og hvordan det skal leves. Og om det, der er den sidste og uundgåelige udfordring i livet: Hvordan man håndterer døden.”De er underlige, de ål,” sagde far. Og han virkede altid lidt henrykt, når han sagde det. Som om han havde brug for det gådefulde. Som om det udfyldte en slags tomrum i ham. Og jeg lod mig også overbevise. Jeg besluttede mig for, at man finder det, man vil tro på, når man har brug for det. Vi havde brug for ålen. Tilsammen havde vi ikke været de samme uden den.”

The Book of the Fair of the 2019 London Book Fair, with rights sold in over 30 languages, a memoir of fishing for eels, a close yet distant father-son relationship and a riveting journey into the story of the worlds most mysterious fish.

This collection has its origins in a series of seminal articles Patrik Svensson published in the Digital Humanities Quarterly. Svensson's articles were informative and knowledgeable and tended to foreground reportage and explanation rather than utopianism or territorial contentiousness. In revising his original work, he has responded to both subsequent feedback and new developments.