Gerald Durrell
Paperback | Pages: 273 pages Rating: 4.25 | 35203 Users | 2965 Reviews
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| Original Title: | My Family & Other Animals |
| ISBN: | 0142004413 (ISBN13: 9780142004418) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Corfu Trilogy #1 |
| Characters: | Gerald Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Margo Durrell, Leslie Durrell |
| Setting: | Corfu(Greece) |
Description Concering Books My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1)
When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.List Containing Books My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1)
| Title | : | My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Gerald Durrell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 273 pages |
| Published | : | June 29th 2004 by Penguin Books (first published 1956) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Humor. Animals. Travel |
Rating Containing Books My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1)
Ratings: 4.25 From 35203 Users | 2965 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy #1)
I just finished My Family and Other Animals. It's VERY, very good. It's light, its fun and in fact what it teaches about animals, human beings included, is absolutely spot-on! It teaches about animals which a lay person doesn't usually get all that inspired about - snakes and lizards and turtles and bugs. Some special birds too. I was running to Wiki time and time again to see these creatures. One can't help but be drawn in because the stories about the strange bugs and beasts are so bizarre!Probably worth four stars, but any book that can get me caught up in a battle between a gecko and a mantis deserves five.
I went back and decided to write a review on this non-fictional novel/memoir (not all events are fully true I believe) which is considered by some to be a modern classic. I remember finding a box of Gerald Durrell stories on the shelf as a twelve year old and reading them in luxury. They captivated me as Durrell told the story of his childhood in Corfu hunting animals. Not only was it full of interesting facts about the animals he caught but also about the people in his life. Told with wit,
"I would like to make a point of stressing that all the anecdotes about the island and the islanders are absolutely true. Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas." - thus claims Gerald Durrell in his Speech of Defense - or as other authors would prefer to call it: The Foreword or Introduction.Gerard Durrell: My grateful thanks then to:My wife, who pleased me by laughing uproariously when reading the manuscript, only to inform me that it was
When I was a little girl, I dreamed of becoming a veterinarian someday. I loved learning about animals. We were never without a cat and a dog. We were the proud owners of some clever parakeets. One of them would perch on the back of the dog and hitch a ride around the living room. Hobie the poodle was less enthused than Cocoa the bird. I loved reading books about four-legged critters. Looking back, none of these things were all too astonishing didnt every little kid have pets and a desire to be
Never before were animals (and yes, also insects) as funny and interesting as in this book. Insects will never be boring again after reading this book. Nor will birds or frogs or... Durrell handles them all with a lot of humour in the stories in this book. Exhilarating!
My Family and Other Animals (The Corfu Trilogy Book 1) is a delightful memoir by Gerald Durrell, a British naturalist, conservationist, and author. It documented with hilarity the Durrell familys five-year sojourn on the Greek island of Corfu, a magical island paradise that I would love to visit one day. I read it rapturously over a few days and learned so much about the flora and fauna while vicariously tromping all over the island with the enthusiastic child botanist the author was at that
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