My Family and Other Animals

图书标准信息

• 作者 Gerald Durrell 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 2011-04
• ISBN 9780241951460
• 定价 106.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Whatweallneed',saidLarry,'issunshine...acountrywherewecangrow'.'Yes,dear,thatwouldbenice',agreedMother,notreallylistening.'IhadaletterfromGeorgethismorning-hesaysCorfu'swonderful.Whydon'twepackupandgotoGreece?'.'Verywell,dear,ifyoulike',saidMotherunguardedly.EscapingtheillsoftheBritishclimate,theDurrellfamily-acne-riddenMargo,gun-totingLeslie,bookwormLawrenceandbuddingnaturalistGerry,alongwiththeirlongsufferingmotherandRogerthedog-takeofffortheislandofCorfu.ButtheDurrellsfindthat,reluctantly,theymustsharetheirvariousvillaswithamenagerieoflocalfauna-amongthemscorpions,geckos,toads,batsandbutterflies.Recountedwithimmensehumourandcharm,"MyFamilyandOtherAnimals"isawonderfulaccountofarare,magicalchildhood.

【作者简介】

GeraldDurrellwasborninJamshedpur,India,in1925.HereturnedtoEnglandin1928beforesettlingontheislandofCorfuwithhisfamily.In1945hejoinedthestaffofWhipsnadeParkasastudentkeeper,andin1947heledhisfirstanimal-collectingexpeditiontotheCameroons.Helaterundertooknumerousfurtherexpeditions,visitingParaguay,Argentina,SierraLeone,Mexico,Mauritius,AssamandMadagascar.Hisfirsttelevisionprogramme,TwointheBushwhichdocumentedhistravelstoNewZealand,AustraliaandMalayawasmadein1962;hewentontomakeseventyprogrammesabouthistripsaroundtheworld.In1959hefoundedtheJerseyZoologicalPark,andin1964hefoundedtheJerseyWildlifePreservationTrust.HewasawardedtheOBEin1982.Encouragedtowriteabouthislife'sworkbyhisbrother,Durrellpublishedhisfirstbook,TheOverloadedArk,in1953.Itsoonbecameabestsellerandhewentontowritethirty-sixothertitles,includingMyFamilyandOtherAnimals,TheBafutBeagles,EncounterswithAnimals,TheDrunkenForest,AZooinMyLuggage,TheWhisperingLand,MenagerieManor,TheAmateurNaturalistandTheAye-AyeandI.GeraldDurrelldiedin1995.