by Gerald Durrell · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420630205
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«Mi familia y otros animales» is Gerald Durrell's autobiographical work, published by Alianza in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Durrell humorously recalls his childhood in Corfu, where his family moves from rainy England. The young naturalist explores the island and observes insects, reptiles and birds, while his mother and siblings, including the writer Lawrence, get caught up in absurd adventures; the book affectionately portrays locals and animals.
First instalment of the Corfu trilogy, along with «Bichos y demás parientes» and «El jardín de los dioses». Translated by María Luisa Balseiro with a foreword by Lawrence Durrell.
For readers who enjoy memoirs, humour and nature.
Gerald Malcolm Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British India, and moved to England when his father died in 1928. In 1935 the family moved to Corfu, and stayed there for four years, before the outbreak of World War II forced them to return to the UK. In 1946 he received an inheritance from his father's will that he used to fund animal-collecting trips to the British Cameroons and British Guiana. He married Jacquie Rasen in 1951; they had very little money, and she persuaded him to write an account of his first trip to the Cameroons. The result, titled The Overloaded Ark, sold well, and he began writing accounts of his other trips. An expedition to Argentina and Paraguay followed in 1953, and three years later he published My Family and Other Animals, which became a bestseller.
