Fauna and Family: More Durrell Family Adventures on Corfu

by Gerald Durrell

Book Overview

As fans of the PBS Masterpiece Theater series, The Durrells in Corfu know, the enchanted Greek island of Corfu was home to Gerald Durrell and his family for five years before the Second World War. For the passionate young animal lover, Corfu was a natural paradise, teeming with strange birds and beasts that he could collect, watch, and care for. As Durrell writes in his foreword, "It portrays a very important part of my life...which is a truly happy and sunlit childhood."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567924417
• ISBN13: 9781567924411
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

garden of the gods

This series is one of the best I've ever read. The descriptions of the island, and especially the people, are done with a deft touch of humor that makes me laugh out loud. I love the insight into Lawrence Durrell - to get a younger brother's perspective on the man T.S. Eliot once described as having written "the first piece of work by a new English writer to give me any hope for the future of prose fiction" is a rare treat.

A wonderful read

A wonderfully funny book set in sunny Corfu replete with Durrell's hilarious family anecdotes, convoluted Greek imbroglios and enchanting descriptions. The description of different wines is scintillating.

Please reprint "The Garden of the Gods" by Gerald Durrell

"The Garden of the Gods" by Gerald Durrell is an immensely funny biographical work telling anecdotes from the author's childhood on the island of Corfu. More to the point, it is the third part of the trilogy which begins with "My Family and Other Animals" and continues with "Birds, Beasts and Relatives". Can anyone explain why the first part of this trilogy remains widely available, while the other two books, which are just as good, if not better, are now out of print?

A Jewel of Book!

The thrid book in The My Family series and it lives up to the previous two. Lots of nature, sun, sea, olive groves with a cast of mad family members and Greeks involved in all sorts of wonderfully funny situations. A must