Ota Pavel

These stories memorialize Ota Pavel's childhood in Czechoslovakia--his beloved family, the flash of fish in clear streams, and the annihilation of this world by the Nazis. His father first has his fish pond confiscated and then, with his two older sons, is sent to a concentration camp. Too young to work in the camps, Ota remains with his gentle mother. Fish save them from starving, as he takes to poaching carp reserved for the Wehrmacht.--

How I Came to Know Fish

Smrt krásných srnců

Contains two short stories, "The death of beautiful deer" and "How I came to know fish" (or "How I meet with fish"). These autobiographical stories, based on author's childhood in bucolic, pre-war Czechoslovakia, include beautiful descriptions of the countryside and reminiscences about his closest family members, especially his father, who spends his time fishing with his sons before the war, and poaches a deer to give his sons a last good meal before their departure to a concentration camp.

Jak spotkałem się z rybami

Śmierć pięknych saren

Postface traduite du polonais par Margot Carlier

Comment j’ai rencontré les poissons

Death of Beautiful Roebucks

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.

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.

Pohádka o Raškovi z roku 1974 je výletem do tvůrčí fantazie autora, dokladem jeho schopností, vynalézavosti a hravosti. Pavlův krok do pohádkové (a přece pravdivé) říše snů a skutečnosti je radostné, inspirativní čtení. Jedná se o "pohádkový" životopis skokana na lyžích Jiřího Rašky.

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