Patrik Svensson
Patrik Svensson (b. 1972) is an arts and culture journalist at Sydsvenskan newspaper. Patrik lives with his family in Malmö, Sweden. His debut, The Gospel of Eels, became a huge international success and was translated into 38 languages. His nature writings have captured the heart of a worldwide readership.
Books by Patrik Svensson
The Merciful Killer
Patrik Svensson
A harrowing and enlightening story of a puzzling family secret and the birth of the worker’s movement in SwedenOn a freezing February morning in 1942, a young woman flees barefoot on a snow-covered field in Skåne. In her wake lies an unthinkable trag…
The Blue Marble
Patrik Svensson
The highly-anticipated new book by Patrik Svensson, internationally award-winning, New York Times, Time Magazine, LA Times, Sunday Times and Washington Post acclaimed author of The Gospel of the Eels.In this new book, Patrik takes us on a different e…
The Gospel of Eels
Patrik Svensson
Part H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, THE GOSPEL 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,…
