Notes on Fishing: And Selected Fishing Prose and Poetry

Notes on Fishing was Sergei Aksakov's first book and Russia's first angling treatise. It presents a Russian gentleman's observations on the fishing tackle, angling techniques, and fish species he came to know during five decades of adventure-filled fishing in the vast Russian steppe and the environs of Moscow. But it is goes beyond a mere discourse on angling, offering philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, biological, and conservationist observations. Aksakov has imbued his notes with a deep fondness for the land and an expertly conveyed atmosphere of personal and national nostalgia.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 10/31/2012
ISBN: 9780810129245
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.60w x 0.90d