Fauna & Family: More Adventures of the Durrell Family of Corfu (Nonpareil Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1567924417 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Watch The Durrells in Corfu on PBS Masterpiece Theater, premiering Sunday, October 16th!Fauna and Family, also known as The Garden of the Gods, is the third in Durrell's Corfu trilogy that begins with his beloved classic, My Family and Other Animals and continues with Birds, Beasts and Relatives. In his foreword to Fauna and Family, Durrell confessed that in the first two books, "I had left out a number of incidents and characters that I would have liked to have described, and I have attempted to repair this omission in this book I hope that it might give the same pleasure to its readers as apparently its predecessors have done, as for me it portrays a very important part of my life which is a truly happy and sunlit childhood."
From the Inside Flap Fauna and Family, also known as The Garden of the Gods, is the third in Durrell's Corfu trilogy that begins with his beloved classic, My Family and Other Animals and continues with Birds, Beasts and Relatives. In his foreword to Fauna and Family, Durrell confessed that in the first two books, "I had left out a number of incidents and characters that I would have liked to have described, and I have attempted to repair this omission in this book I hope that it might give the same pleasure to its readers as apparently its predecessors have done, as for me it portrays a very important part of my life which is a truly happy and sunlit childhood." Also available from Godine: Fillets of Plaice
Leslie Readit said More good times and belly laughs from the Durrells. I will probably never tire of the wit and charm of the Durrell family as chronicled by Gerald, the youngest child of said family, in these lovely three books about his childhood and his family's misadventures on the exquisitely beautiful island of Corfu in Greece. I promise you that even though this last piece of the "trilogy" is honestly just more of the same, I was still quite pleased with it because, after all, sometimes one WANTS more the of same. I have already ordered the first of another series he wrote about a little zoo or preserve or something he sets up in the beginnings. D.Sweeney said My favorite author. My all time favorite author is Gerald Durrell. The first book in this series, My Family and Other Animals, made me laugh harder than any other book I have ever read. This book continues the story of the Durrell family while Gerry was growing up. I am thankful that Amazon allows me to make purchases of books that may no longer be in print and get them at good prices. I recommend!. "A Charming and Funny Memoir" according to David A. Wend. Fillets of Plaice is a delightful memoir by Gerald Durrell consisting of five tales from various times of his life. The first is from his childhood on Corfu concerning a birthday celebration for his mother that, like everything else his family did, goes a bit wrong with unpredictable results. The next piece takes place shortly after Durrell and his family returned to London from Corfu. The author got a job working in a pet shop and met some interesting and very memorable people as a consequence. In the next story, Gerald Durrell has grown up and is collecting animals in East Africa
. But he is perhaps best remembered for the books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast and his immortal My Family and Other Animals trilogy, which is now being adapted into a 6-part PBS TV series. Gerald Durrell founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Durrell Wildlife Park on the isle of Jersey in 1959