My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

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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. Free Download My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) [ By ] Gerald Durrell [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr The first from the trilogy and the first of Durrel s I ve ever read No words can express my love for this author and his immense sense of humor, pure and light, nothing topical or scathing beneath I re...I loved My family and Other Animals 1956 by Gerald Durrell from start to finish, thoroughly and in detail That s why I will tell you about it from A to Z.A is for animalsThe way Gerald Durrell describes them is unbeatable He casts a spell on you not only when he portrays quite spectacular species but also quite prosaic ones Gerry Durrell Image source B is for bathing costumeThe chapter in which mother purchases an extravagant garment,covered from top to bottom with hundreds of frills an I loved My family and Other Animals 1956 by Gerald Durrell from start to finish, thoroughly and in detail That s why I will tell you about it from A to Z.A is for animalsThe way Gerald Durrell describes them is unbeatable He casts a spell on you not only when he portrays quite spectacular species but also quite prosaic ones Gerry Durrell Image source B is for bathing costumeThe chapter in which mother purchases an extravagant garment,covered from top to bottom with hundreds of frills and pleats and tucks , is one of my absolute favourites Just to give you a foretasteWhat is it asked Larry at length It s a bathing costume, of course, said Mother What...A delightful, lyrical and altogether MAGICAL read WARNING Review includes mention of tortoise sex It s usually a huge mistake to return to a childhood favourite, hoping it would be just as good the second time around So, when I found this book in the attic, with its dog eared cover held together with Sellotape and its pages jaundiced with age, I had mixed feelings about reading it again A side note to any fellow Brits who once strode majestically in platform shoes the price on the book was A delightful, lyrical and altogether MAGICAL read WARNING Review includes mention of tortoise sex It s usually a huge mistake to return to a childhood favourite, hoping it would be just as good the second time around So, when I found this book in the attic, with its dog eared cover held together with Sellotape and its pages jaundiced with age, I had mixed feelings about reading it again A side note to any fellow Brits who once strode majestically in platform shoes the price on the book was a nostalgic three shillings and sixpence. My Family and Other Animals is the semi autobiographical account of prepubescent Gerald s expat life on the Greek island of Corfu with his upper crust, and eccentric, English family.Happily, this entertaining book far exceeded my expectations I rediscovered the same Mediterranean island from my boyhood wish ...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 theflamboyant 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 p...This is a perfectly charming memoir written by Gerald Durrell, a well known British naturalist and zookeeper It s charming because it chronicles his experiences with his family on Corfu, as a 10 year old animal enthusiast It s charming because it is beautifully written It s charming because it is humorous It s charming b...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, humo 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, humour and the pure ability of a natural storyteller this is a sort of autobiography that you can read as a novel full to the brim with short stories.If there s one thing Durrell does exceptionally well it s write description And my thought has always been that a gifted writer is a master of description His descriptive writing almost drips from the page so that you feel every detail in y...I just finished My Family and Other Animals It s VERY, very good It s light, it s 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 F I just finished My Family and Other Animals It s VERY, very good It s light, it s 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 Fun stories based on the author s own diaries, begun when he was ten, visiting Corfu with his fami...Me ha encantado Es entra able, evocador y MUY divertido, hac a tiempo que no me re a a carcajada limpia con un libro pero Durrell lo consigue con una facilidad envidiable.Esta familia y su peculiar zoo ambulante se ha quedado conmigo, por supusto leer las secuelas1 2010 Review I inhabit this book I walk through the olive groves and swim in the crystal seas of pre war Corfu I think I can never go to Greece because of this book I would want the taxis to be horse drawn, and the small boys to be ranging freely about the island.I love so much about this book it s hard to pic...It gets better every time I read it Thank Heavens Durrell didn t get much formal schooling, or they might have educated his writing ability right out of him The chapter about the moonless midnight swim, with the fire flies flickering, and the porpoises making trails in the phos...

My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
  • English
  • 18 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 273 pages
  • 0142004413
  • Gerald Durrell
  • My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)