About the book
Gerald Durrell’s beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time
‘When My Family and Other Animals was published it was as if someone had flung back the curtains, thrown up the windows and let in a stream of bright light’ - Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
‘Gerald Durrell was magic’ - Sir David Attenborough
'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas’
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 – as well as his own adventures with a burgeoning menagerie of beasts, birds and insects (including an owl called Ulysses), is a timeless account of an idyllic childhood and an uproarious portrait of the English abroad.
Editions of My Family and Other Animals
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780241767061
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780241762943
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Gerald Durrell’s beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time
‘When My Family and Other Animals was published it was as if someone had flung back the curtains, thrown up the windows and let in a stream of bright light’ - Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
‘Gerald Durrell was magic’ - Sir David Attenborough
'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas’
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 – as well as his own adventures with a burgeoning menagerie of beasts, birds and insects (including an owl called Ulysses), is a timeless account of an idyllic childhood and an uproarious portrait of the English abroad.
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What is My Family and Other Animals about?
Gerald Durrell’s beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time
‘When My Family and Other Animals was published it was as if someone had flung back the curtains, thrown up the windows and let in a stream of bright light’ - Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
‘Gerald Durrell was magic’ - Sir David Attenborough
'Living in Corfu was rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas’
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 – as well as his own adventures with a burgeoning menagerie of beasts, birds and insects (including an owl called Ulysses), is a timeless account of an idyllic childhood and an uproarious portrait of the English abroad.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in My Family and Other Animals?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Memoirs
Where can I read a sample of My Family and Other Animals?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book My Family and Other Animals?
Gerald Durrell
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My Family and Other Animals is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780241767061) and paperback(ISBN 9780241762943)
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