Birds, Beasts, and Relatives - by Gerald Durrell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Durrell's dazzling sequel to "My Family and Other Animals" is based on his boyhood on the Greek Island of Corfu from 1935 to 1939 and filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Volume two in <i>The Corfu Trilogy</i>, now the inspiration for <i>The Durrells in Corfu </i>on PBS Masterpiece</b> <p/>Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to <b>My Family and Other Animals</b> is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, <b>Birds, Beasts, and Relatives</b> is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A delightful book full of simple, well-known things: cicadas in the olive groves, lamp fishing at night, the complexities of fish and animals?but, above all, childhood molded by these things and intimately recalled in middle age. ("The New York Times Book Review")<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gerald Durrell</b> was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925. A student of zoology, he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust on the Channel Island of Jersey. His other books include <b>A Zoo in My Luggage</b> and <b>The Whispering Land</b> (both available from Penguin).
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