The Gospel of the Eels

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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 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 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

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