The Best of Gerald Durrell - Softcover

Durrell, Lee

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9780006387640: The Best of Gerald Durrell

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ISBN 10: 0006387640 ISBN 13: 9780006387640

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1998

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An irresistible collection of the very best of Gerald Durrell’s writings, selected by his widow Lee Durrell.

Many people’s introduction to Gerald Durrell was ‘My Family and Other Animals’, the glorious description of his childhood in Corfu, full of sunshine, humour and sheer delight in discovering the natural world and the animals inhabiting it.

Durrell spent his life contributing in every way he could to the conservation struggle. By the time he died in 1995 he had written nearly forty books, amusing countless readers and inspiring them to join the conservation fight.

Durrell’s ability to tell a good story and his acutely perceptive observations of both animals and the human species are unrivalled. This lavishly illustrated collection serves as a glowing testimony to one of the animal world’s most famous champions.

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‘Lee Durrell has distilled an intoxicating miniature of a man who, when the history of our times slots into final place, will be judged among the greats.’ Mail on Sunday

‘Hilarious, serious, provocative, informative and moving.’ New Scientist

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Many people’s introduction to Gerald Durrell was 'My Family and Other Animals', the glorious description of his childhood in Corfu, full of sunshine, humour and sheer delight in discovering the natural world and the animals inhabiting it.

Durrell spent the rest of his life contributing in every way he could to the conservation struggle. Lee Durrell, his widow, has chosen the most evocative, quirky, engaging and humorous of his writings to give a wonderful picture of how his life unfolded.

Starting with his early naturalist days and the rapid development of his passion for animals, this irresistible anthology guides us through his collecting trips round the world, the emergence of his conservation plans, and the realization of his lifelong dream – a zoo of his own. We share the eating habits of a dormouse called Esmerelda, engage in the mating procedures of the trapdoor spider, and watch him tame a vicious wild cat using a domestic kitten.

Durrell’s enviable ability to tell a good story and his acutely perceptive observations of both animals and the human species are unrivalled. This lavishly illustrated collection shows us Durrell at his best, and serves as a glowing testimony to one of the animal world’s most famous champions.

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