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My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times
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My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Malcolm Durrell
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- Année de publication
- 2017
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Gerald Malcolm Durrell
- Éditeur
- Penguin
- Publié
- 2017
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0241981697
- ISBN13
- 9780241981696
- Séries
- Trilogie de Corfou
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Histoires vraies, Biographies, La nature, Humour, Animaux, Famille, Classiques, Autobiographies et mémoires, Littérature britannique, Littérature anglaise, Adapté au cinéma, Grèce, Enfance, Îles, Corfou, Voyages et Séjours, Zoologues
- Première publication
- 1956
- Titre original
- My Family and Other Animals
- Évaluation
- 4,2 sur 5
- Description
- My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that, reluctantly, they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna - among them scorpions, geckos, toads, bats and butterflies. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. 'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' Sunday Telegraph 'A bewitching book' Sunday Times