出版社: HarperAudio
副标题: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
出版年: 2020-5-26
装帧: Audio
ISBN: 9780062968845
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Duration: 06:25:07
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 ...
Duration: 06:25:07
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.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Patrik Svensson is an arts and culture journalist at Sydsvenskan newspaper. He lives with his family in Malmö, Sweden. The Gospel of Eels is his first book.
目录 · · · · · ·
Title Page
Epigraph
1. The Eel
2. By the Stream
3. Aristotle and the Eel Born of Mud
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Title Page
Epigraph
1. The Eel
2. By the Stream
3. Aristotle and the Eel Born of Mud
4. Looking into the Eyes of an Eel
5. Sigmund Freud and the Eels of Trieste
6. Illegal Fishing
7. The Dane Who Found the Eel’s Breeding Ground
8. Swimming against the Current
9. The People Who Fish for Eel
10. Outwitting the Eel
11. The Uncanny Eel
12. To Kill an Animal
13. Under the Sea
14. Setting an Eel Trap
15. The Long Journey Home
16. Becoming a Fool
17. The Eel on the Brink of Extinction
18. In the Sargasso Sea
Sources
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
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The Book of Eels (Audiobook)的书评 · · · · · · ( 全部 216 条 )
一本难以被归类、值得被分享的书
人生,是一次寻找自己的旅行
追随鳗鱼笨拙又浪漫的生命之旅,探寻背后的谜团
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一提起鳗鱼,最直接的联想便是日本的鳗鱼饭。倘若意志力不够坚定的人,看到这里,或许已经暗戳戳地在流口水了吧?甚至在想今儿晚餐是不是可以去哪里搓一顿鳗鱼饭呢? 自然,这是吃货的本能反应,但对瑞典作家帕特里克·斯文松来说,有关鳗鱼的联想可远不止于此。 在他的处女作... (展开)一场追寻、审视自我与存在的人、鱼之旅
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0 有用 MermerX 2021-04-23 22:36:26
看前半部分喜欢的不得了,去实验室也装在书包里,但是看后半部分觉得很无聊,所以改成3.5星,sorry
0 有用 Hilda 2020-12-05 10:29:25
哈哈哈真是又神秘又好吃的动物呀。 性别成迷这事确实令人困惑。但慢慢地还是在探索啊,正如人类探索许多其他事情一样。 加点作者的经历还挺拉近距离的。
0 有用 Viola 2021-02-11 20:36:48
3.5星,这种科普+自我回忆+历史人物生平的非虚构作品太多了……都看了好几本了,关于鳗鱼的部分维基百科页面看看就够了,作者回忆老父亲也还ok,关于鳗鱼的思考有的很有意思有的就略扯。可以读一读。
0 有用 apikoros 2020-11-04 22:41:47
是很不好归类的一本书,有科普内容,有历史故事,有作者个人生活,内容庞杂有趣又全是人情味儿,鳗鱼的谜题是人类对知识的象征和隐喻,如果没有谜题,世界恐怕要濒临灭绝。
0 有用 Eudaimonia 2021-06-30 04:02:15
鳗鱼真是神秘的动物。关于鳗鱼的科普和家人相关的鳗鱼故事双线并行,本来其实觉得作者和父亲家人的那条线有些生硬刻意,但到了终章父亲过世之后,作者在家里的小屋旁终于也钓到了鳗鱼又让它重归秘密的时候,还是很感动。Glass-yellow-silver eel的成长路径和谜一般地奔向Sargasso Sea,性别讳莫如深,繁衍过程不易观察,生命长度似乎可以根据是否繁衍而“逆天”,其神秘倒是成了人类满足好奇心... 鳗鱼真是神秘的动物。关于鳗鱼的科普和家人相关的鳗鱼故事双线并行,本来其实觉得作者和父亲家人的那条线有些生硬刻意,但到了终章父亲过世之后,作者在家里的小屋旁终于也钓到了鳗鱼又让它重归秘密的时候,还是很感动。Glass-yellow-silver eel的成长路径和谜一般地奔向Sargasso Sea,性别讳莫如深,繁衍过程不易观察,生命长度似乎可以根据是否繁衍而“逆天”,其神秘倒是成了人类满足好奇心,对世界解谜的隐喻。作者整合各种材料发挥的能力很厉害,也成就了这样一本难以归类的小书。 (展开)
0 有用 Eudaimonia 2021-06-30 04:02:15
鳗鱼真是神秘的动物。关于鳗鱼的科普和家人相关的鳗鱼故事双线并行,本来其实觉得作者和父亲家人的那条线有些生硬刻意,但到了终章父亲过世之后,作者在家里的小屋旁终于也钓到了鳗鱼又让它重归秘密的时候,还是很感动。Glass-yellow-silver eel的成长路径和谜一般地奔向Sargasso Sea,性别讳莫如深,繁衍过程不易观察,生命长度似乎可以根据是否繁衍而“逆天”,其神秘倒是成了人类满足好奇心... 鳗鱼真是神秘的动物。关于鳗鱼的科普和家人相关的鳗鱼故事双线并行,本来其实觉得作者和父亲家人的那条线有些生硬刻意,但到了终章父亲过世之后,作者在家里的小屋旁终于也钓到了鳗鱼又让它重归秘密的时候,还是很感动。Glass-yellow-silver eel的成长路径和谜一般地奔向Sargasso Sea,性别讳莫如深,繁衍过程不易观察,生命长度似乎可以根据是否繁衍而“逆天”,其神秘倒是成了人类满足好奇心,对世界解谜的隐喻。作者整合各种材料发挥的能力很厉害,也成就了这样一本难以归类的小书。 (展开)
0 有用 MermerX 2021-04-23 22:36:26
看前半部分喜欢的不得了,去实验室也装在书包里,但是看后半部分觉得很无聊,所以改成3.5星,sorry
0 有用 Viola 2021-02-11 20:36:48
3.5星,这种科普+自我回忆+历史人物生平的非虚构作品太多了……都看了好几本了,关于鳗鱼的部分维基百科页面看看就够了,作者回忆老父亲也还ok,关于鳗鱼的思考有的很有意思有的就略扯。可以读一读。
0 有用 远远 2020-12-06 13:27:08
如父如子
0 有用 Hilda 2020-12-05 10:29:25
哈哈哈真是又神秘又好吃的动物呀。 性别成迷这事确实令人困惑。但慢慢地还是在探索啊,正如人类探索许多其他事情一样。 加点作者的经历还挺拉近距离的。