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.
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.
燦爛的陽光下,達雷爾一傢人走在金黃的沙灘上,海風吹拂著他們的臉頰,舒服又愜意。 這套書是媽媽推薦的,我隻懶洋洋地翻瞭幾頁,就無可救藥地陷入瞭故事之中。傑拉爾德的文風像香甜的蘋果一樣,雖然脆蹦蹦的,卻愈發令人迴味無窮。他的文字有一種單純的、直接的感染...
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評分五一三天假,時間短暫,來不及又纍又遠的齣門旅行,還是在傢找個舒服的角落看書更愜意自在。我已經安排好瞭計劃,《希臘三部麯》是必讀書目,用純真的心、童稚的眼觀看科孚島上優美的自然風景、各式各樣的動物植物以及行徑古怪的達雷爾的傢人。如果哪位也喜歡,我們還可以...
評分對於整本書,我有兩個地方印象特彆深刻: 一個是這本書開頭,科孚島海域圖上的那句“小心! 由於標示淺灘的標識經常移位,船員航行這一代的海域時,請自行保持警戒。” 另一個就是結束時的那首詩,《給未來人類的一封信》 我們希望未來會有螢火蟲在夜晚指引你, 會有蝴蝶在灌叢...
從文學技法的角度來看,作者對環境的塑造達到瞭極高的水準。這個地方,這個島嶼,本身就是一個不可或缺的主角。它不僅僅是故事發生的背景,更是影響和塑造人物性格的熔爐。島嶼的氣候、地形、甚至它特有的生態係統,都以一種潛移默化的方式,決定瞭居住於此的人們——和動物們——的行為模式。作者對地理的描述,絕非簡單的地圖式羅列,而是充滿瞭主觀色彩的詩意渲染,那些山丘、海灣、甚至是特定的植物群落,都被賦予瞭強烈的情感溫度。這種將環境融入敘事核心的處理方式,使得故事的整體性極強,讀者在閱讀過程中,能夠清晰地感受到環境對生命力的滋養與激發。可以說,這本書提供瞭一種極其完整的感官體驗,它不僅讓你“看到”瞭那個地方,更讓你“居住”在瞭那個充滿生命力的地方,體會到生命是如何在特定的自然條件下蓬勃生長、相互作用的宏大圖景。
评分坦白說,這本書的魅力在於它那股毫不做作的“怪誕”。我很少讀到一本關於自然和傢庭的書,能夠如此大膽地將奇思妙想與日常的瑣碎編織在一起。作者似乎從不擔心自己的描述是否“閤乎常理”——如果一隻貓能學會以某種特定的、近乎貴族般的方式跳過圍牆,那麼他就一定會用最精妙的語言去描繪這個場景,仿佛這纔是宇宙的真理。這種不受拘束的想象力和對既有秩序的挑戰,使得閱讀體驗充滿瞭新鮮感和興奮感。每當讀到那些關於如何“馴服”或“理解”某個脾氣暴躁的動物的段落時,我都忍不住要大笑齣聲,因為那其中蘊含的智慧,是建立在對生命本質的深刻理解之上的,而非空洞的說教。它成功地搭建瞭一個介於現實與童話之間的世界,讓你相信,隻要你願意用一顆開放的心去看待世界,處處都是奇跡,處處都可能上演一齣精彩的“動物狂想麯”。
评分這本書的語言風格,用“清澈”來形容或許最為貼切,但這種清澈之下又蘊含著一股深沉的對“逝去時光”的挽歌情調。盡管大部分篇幅充滿瞭歡快和冒險,但字裏行間總能捕捉到一種淡淡的、對生活不可逆轉性的體悟。作者在描繪那些熱烈而自由的夏日場景時,仿佛也在用盡全力將它們凝固在紙上,因為他深知,這樣無憂無慮的日子終將遠去。這種微妙的情感層次,使得這本書不僅僅是一本輕鬆的讀物,更是一份珍貴的記憶檔案。它成功地做到瞭將個人的私密體驗,提升到一種具有普世價值的情感共鳴層麵——誰不曾擁有過那樣一個被陽光親吻的、充滿自由想象的童年角落呢?這種帶著淡淡憂傷的懷舊感,讓那些滑稽的冒險故事也多瞭一層厚度和重量,讓人在笑聲中,不自覺地去珍惜當下所擁有的一切簡單美好。
评分這本書的敘事節奏簡直是行雲流水,完全不給人喘息的機會,卻又絲毫不顯淩亂。它更像是一係列連綿不絕的、色彩斑斕的夏日迴憶片段,被一股強烈的懷舊情緒串聯起來。我特彆欣賞作者那種對生活細節的驚人捕捉能力,一些極其微小的場景,比如傍晚時分,光綫如何透過橄欖樹的葉子在地上投下斑駁的陰影,或者某個特定品種的甲蟲如何笨拙地試圖攀爬一根垂直的蘆葦杆,都被他記錄得一絲不苟,但絕不拖遝。這種詳盡的描繪,反而營造齣一種強烈的“在場感”,讓人感覺自己就是那個在烈日下觀察一切的小小探險傢。而且,這種對細節的熱愛,投射在瞭每一個傢庭成員身上——那些看似古怪的親戚、那些充滿個性的室友,都被賦予瞭近乎史詩般的筆墨來刻畫。這種將自然觀察的嚴謹性,投射到對人類行為的觀察上,使得整本書的張力非常獨特,它既是田園牧歌,又暗含著對人類社會行為的溫和諷刺。
评分這部作品,以其對自然世界細膩入微的觀察和充滿童真的敘事筆觸,將我完全帶入瞭一個陽光充沛、充滿野趣的地中海島嶼生活圖景之中。作者的文字仿佛擁有魔力,能夠將尋常的昆蟲、鳥類,甚至是路邊的一株野草,描繪得栩栩如生,充滿瞭生命力。我仿佛能聞到空氣中混閤著海鹽與植物芬芳的氣味,聽到海浪輕柔地拍打著岸邊的聲音。更令人稱奇的是,作者在記錄這些自然現象時,並沒有采取那種枯燥的科學記錄方式,而是巧妙地融入瞭大量的幽默感和略帶誇張的個人情感。他筆下那些古怪的動物,比如那些固執的蜥蜴和那些神齣鬼沒的鳥兒,都成瞭活生生的角色,有著自己獨特的個性和令人捧腹的習性。讀這本書的過程,就像是跟隨一位博學又風趣的長輩,在夏日午後漫步於一個充滿秘密的花園,每走一步,都有新的驚喜等待著你。那種對簡單生活的嚮往,對萬物和諧共處的贊美,在字裏行間流淌齣來,讓人讀完後,心中也染上瞭一層寜靜而溫暖的光暈,不由得想放下手頭的一切瑣事,去尋找一片屬於自己的自然角落。
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.
评分英劇細節拍得太少瞭,書本正好補充下~ 像Mrs Durrell這樣的媽媽真的太棒瞭~
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.
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