How I Came to Know Fish
Author: Pavel, Ota
ISBN: 9780241752289
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'Of all the sleep a man can have, the fisherman's sleep is the sweetest. It is the greatest of luxuries - sleep and fishing.'
Through tender, vivid, and often humorous recollections - from magical fishing trips to the rivers and ponds of Bustehrad to his charismatic father's eccentric business ventures - this bittersweet memoir tells the story of a childhood in Czechoslovakia, against the backdrop of World War II.
ISBN: 9780241752289
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 15 Jul 2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'Of all the sleep a man can have, the fisherman's sleep is the sweetest. It is the greatest of luxuries - sleep and fishing.'
Through tender, vivid, and often humorous recollections - from magical fishing trips to the rivers and ponds of Bustehrad to his charismatic father's eccentric business ventures - this bittersweet memoir tells the story of a childhood in Czechoslovakia, against the backdrop of World War II.
