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.
发表于2025-03-04
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不同的书需要不同的读法,或许不同的生活背景也会指引我们找到适合的书。 起初,我读这本书的时候,用的是读经管图书的快速阅读法。这一行写草,这一行写花,这一行……这一行……恩,然后呢?一般般嘛。 但是直到……我读到了作者关于第一只乌龟的故事。 可能由于家里也养...
评分在出版“希腊三部曲”的那段日子里时间似乎永远凝固在酒醉的橄榄树林里,不论有多少工作压负在肩,有多少烦事郁结于心,只要翻开达雷尔的书稿世界万物皆可用欣赏的眼光温柔视之。 希腊伊甸园般的风景、作者“放浪形骸”的童年、温馨却异常搞笑的亲人,奇妙而又个性的动物,无论...
评分全世界最顽童的顽童达雷尔的经典作品,还拍成电视剧《达雷尔一家》,我是看了电视机慕名来看的书籍。平心而论,电视剧改编的比较多,但是主线没变,唯美的风景和奇妙的动物,还有有趣的家人,这些都完美的展现了。 10岁的Gerry真是幸运,从沉郁的英国移居到阳光的希腊科孚岛,...
评分先看的剧。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...
评分我的内心是幽暗的,我的内心是浮躁的,我的内心因为黑暗而变得复杂混淆,就像夜里总会有许多动物跑出来,你看不真,但是它们的一举一动,鸣叫嘶吼低语清唱都会让你神经质地感到害怕恐惧。 但白天来临,内心的黑暗依旧无法得到救赎。 阳光有时候给了你一点点麻痹,让你觉得自己...
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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.
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~
评分Writing came naturally to Gerald Durrell, so did humor. Nearly forgot how professional British could be at being socially awkward.???? Carry on folks.
评分Writing came naturally to Gerald Durrell, so did humor. Nearly forgot how professional British could be at being socially awkward.???? Carry on folks.
评分这样的生活!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。
评分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
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