How I Came to Know Fish

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Presenting an account of the author's childhood in Czechoslovakia, this title features the tales of the his father's battle to provide for his family both in wealthy freedom and in terrifying persecution.
How I Came to Know Fish (1974) is Ota Pavel's magical memoir of his childhood in Czechoslovakia. Fishing with his father and his Uncle Prosek - the two finest fishermen in the world - he takes a peaceful pleasure from the rivers and ponds of his country. But when the Nazis invade, his father and two older brothers are sent to concentration camps and Pavel must steal their confiscated fish back from under the noses of the SS to feed his family. With tales of his father's battle to provide for his family both in wealthy freedom and in terrifying persecution, this is one boy's passionate and affecting tale of life, love and fishing.
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Weight 0.112000
Author Ota Pavel
Availability IP
Department Literature
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780141192833
Pages 144
Published 06/05/2010
Publisher Penguin
Section Literature
Series Penguin Modern Classics
Size Unfolded 13x20cm
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