Titolo e contributi: My family and other animals / Gerald Durrell
Pubblicazione: London : Penguin, 2011
Descrizione fisica:
307 p. ; 18 cm
Serie: Penguin essentials
ISBN: 9780241951460
Data:2011
Lingua:
Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese:
xx
Nota:
- Set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, the book tells the story of an eccentic English family who moved there. For Gerald, the budding zoologist, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming with strange birds and beasts that he could collect, watch and care for. But life was not without its problems - his family often objected to his animal-collecting activities, especially when the beasts wound up in the villa or - even worse - the fridge. With hilarious yet endearing portraits of his family and their many unusual hangers-on,the book also captures the beginnings of the author's lifelong love of animals. Recounted with immense humour and charm, this wonderful account of Corfu's natural history reveals a rare, magical childhood. Gerald Durrell evokes his island paradise with passion and wonder.
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