Why a Booktrail?
1930s: A great,charming literary guide to Corfu and the Durrell’s!
My Family and Other Animals
What you need to know before your trail
When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu.
But when the come across the many eccentric hangers-on, the weird and wonderful creatures that live on the island and who invade their home….just how different is their house on Corfu to their family back home?
Travel Guide
Corfu
The ultimate adventure really – as a young boy of about 8, Gerald moved to Corfu from England and spent his time looking and studying the animals there. He had pets and new friends and he got to love animals so much that he ended up becoming a famous naturalist and conservationist.
This is the island of Corfu and the scenery and animals there seen through this eyes and what a view! This is Durell’s Corfu
Gerald himself likens his experiences to ‘ rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas’ . Well, this book is full of drama, costume changes and setting the scene so we know what he means. But what an experience and what a read!
With chapter headings such as ‘The Tortoise Hills’, ‘The Enchanted archipelago’ and ‘The unsuspected Isle’ you can get an idea of the treats n store and the way that Gerald views this special place.
“Gradually the magic of the island settled over us as gently and as clingingly as pollen”
The animals
The animals and the funny stories attached to them bring the stories to life. Everyday life on the island is magnified –
“..one day I found a fat female scorpion in the wall wearing what at first glance appeared to be a pale fawn fur coat. Closer inspection proved that this strange garment was made up of a mass of tiny babies clinging to the mother’s back.”
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