How I Came to Know Fish
  • Published: 2 August 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141957036
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 144
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How I Came to Know Fish

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15 Jul 2025
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2 Aug 2010
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9 Jul 2010
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'The quill made a JUMP! and disappeared. I could see it racing under the surface towards the marsh marigolds. The rod bent into an arch, and for the first time in my life I felt the delicious pull of a fish.'

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.
  • Published: 2 August 2010
  • ISBN: 9780141957036
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 144
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Praise for How I Came to Know Fish

A moving, bittersweet coming of age . . . A collection that works its magic quietly

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