My Family and Other Animals

Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell was born in India in 1925. His elder siblings are Lawrence Durrell, Leslie Durrell, and Margaret Durrell. His family settled on Corfu when Durrell was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family and Other Animals, and continuing with Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals he meets.On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper. His adventures there are told with characteristic energy in Beasts in My Belfry. A few years later, Durrell began organising his own animal-collecting expeditions. The first, to the Cameroons, was followed by expeditions to Paraguay, Argentina and Sierra Leone. He recounts these experiences in a number of books, including The Drunken Forest. Durrell also visited many countries while shooting various television series, including An Amateur Naturalist. In 1958 Gerald Durrell realised a lifelong dream when he set up the Jersey Zoological Park, followed a few years later by the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust.Durell was married twice; Jacquie Durrell (1951-1979), Lee Durrell (1979-1995).Gerald Durrell's style is exuberant, passionate and acutely observed. Gerald Durrell died in 1995.

出版者:Penguin Books

作者:Gerald Durrell

页数:288

出版时间:2004-6-29

价格:USD 15.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780142004418

图书标签:英国自然亲情外国文学动物英文原版Durrell传记

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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.

读后感

先看的剧。画面真的很美。即使剧中有无理取闹和争吵，还是觉得很美好。好像是第四集还是第五集，在一次争吵中，有个人咆哮地说我们过的什么日子，才感觉到这样的生活不太现实。 正好也有人向我强烈推荐这本书。期待很大。但是不知道为什么读来觉得一般。可能是因为对大自然的了...  

用户评价

这样的生活！除了迷人的大小动植物、景色描写外，每次搬家的 conversation 章节也非常有趣。“儿戏”的挪窝理由，让你觉得啊生活真的可以，有无数种可能。

多年前读过一个中文版，现在哪里都找不到了。很特别很动人的书。作者是个自然学家，动物园主,特别爱动物的人，从书名就看得出来。他的文笔特别幽默，因为下意识里从动物的角度看待世界，于是行文总是出人意料。 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Durrell

英剧细节拍得太少了，书本正好补充下~ 像Mrs Durrell这样的妈妈真的太棒了~

令人开心。

Writing came naturally to Gerald Durrell, so did humor. Nearly forgot how professional British could be at being socially awkward.???? Carry on folks.