Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Corfu Trilogy 2
- Auteur: Gerald Durrell (Engeland)
- Soort boek: autobiografie uit 1969
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin Classics
- Verschijnt: 2 januari 2025
- Uitgave: paperback
- Prijs: £ 10,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon
Gerald Durrell Birds, Beasts, and Relatives review, recensie en informatie
- “A lot of frolic, fun and charming ribaldry, as well as the warm feeling of having been transported to a lovely spot where worry is unknown and anything is believable.” (The New York Times)
- “Delightful, charming, funny.” (The Times)
Flaptekst van deel 2 van autobiografie van Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell’s beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time.
The Durrell clan’s escapades on their Greek island home resume with the second volume of the Corfu Trilogy. Budding zoologist 
Gerald continues to explore the natural wonders around him, enjoying a night fishing trip, receiving a donkey as a birthday present and accidentally bringing a bear home for tea. Here too are more stories of the eccentric creatures he calls his family, including Margo’s ill-advised foray into spiritualism and what becomes known as ‘Mother’s Great Romance’. Ending as the Second World War is declared, Birds, Beasts and Relatives is an enchanting return to a magical place.
Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals
Corfu trilogy 1
It is 1935 and the Durrells have escaped the leaden summer skies of Bournemouth to arrive ‘like a troupe of medieval tumblers’ on the sun-drenched island of Corfu for a new life. Gerald Durrell’s beloved portrayal of his chaotic family – beatific Mother, Roger the dog, diet-obsessed Margo, book-loving Lawrence and gun-wielding Leslie…lees verder >