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 ecc...
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.
作者简介
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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 Gar...
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.
看完英剧《德雷尔一家》，找来杰拉尔德·德雷尔的原著《希腊三部曲》来看。 第一部是《追逐阳光之岛》，其实2005年的电影版《我的家人和其他动物》就是根据这本书改编的，《追逐阳光之岛》的英文原名就是《My Family and Other Animals》。 杰拉尔德·德雷尔是德雷尔一家中最小...
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“Each day had a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colourful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.” 在岛上寻找到蠼螋的巢穴是最兴奋的，细致的描写着翻开石头下的每一个角落，静静的观察那些白色的卵和蠼螋母亲，等待着新生命的到来。 ...
2019-03-21 01:17
“Each day had a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colourful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.”
“Each day had a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colourful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.” 在岛上寻找到蠼螋的巢穴是最兴奋的，细致的描写着翻开石头下的每一个角落，静静的观察那些白色的卵和蠼螋母亲，等待着新生命的到来。 ...
2019-03-21 01:17
“Each day had a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colourful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.”
“Each day had a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colourful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.” 在岛上寻找到蠼螋的巢穴是最兴奋的，细致的描写着翻开石头下的每一个角落，静静的观察那些白色的卵和蠼螋母亲，等待着新生命的到来。 ...
2019-03-21 01:17
“Each day had a tranquility, a timelessness, about it, so that you wished it would never end. But then the dark skin of night would peel off and there would be a fresh day waiting for us, glossy and colourful as a child's transfer and with the same tinge of unreality.”
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3 有用 花袭人 2007-10-11
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
2 有用 VIVA 2018-10-29
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~
2 有用 Jemima 2017-11-17
喜欢 Larry
2 有用 斧砸 2020-02-04
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。
2 有用 炒糖不粘牙 2019-07-17
Writing came naturally to Gerald Durrell, so did humor. Nearly forgot how professional British could be at being socially awkward.😜 Carry on folks.
0 有用 半个桃李林檎 2020-11-26
每个小孩都有机会成为动物学家，但不是谁都像Gerry一样有这么开明的妈妈。Theodore让我想起一个同样爱讲冷笑话的希腊朋友，看得我都想去Corfu住了
0 有用 豌豆公举 2020-07-06
so gentle，so intresting
0 有用 Sunny 2020-03-10
令人开心。
2 有用 斧砸 2020-02-04
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。
2 有用 炒糖不粘牙 2019-07-17
Writing came naturally to Gerald Durrell, so did humor. Nearly forgot how professional British could be at being socially awkward.😜 Carry on folks.