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";s:4:"text";s:12624:"To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Durrells (también conocida como The Durrells in Corfu), es una serie británica estrenada el 3 de abril del 2016 en la cadena de televisión ITV. Gerry obviously didn't describe himself, but I could see the young actor all the way through. The Durrells (TV Series 2016–2019) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018. Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017. What gives with this price disparity? Unable to add item to List. I have only read the first part so far, but it has more than exceeded my expectations. Based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of Corfu novels, this latest series sees sparky English widow Louisa Durrell and her brood continue to put down roots in their dilapidated rented house, alongside an ever-increasing menagerie of animals brought home by youngest son Gerry. You will add the sleepy island of Corfu to your list of places to visit, in hopes of finding a bit of the treasure found there by the Durrells. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . This retelling of Gerald Durrell’s childhood growing up on the Greek island of Corfu is tender yet humorous, chronicling his adventures with his somewhat odd family along with his obsession with the Corfu wildlife. Athens, Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos, Rhodes, Corfu, Hydra, Chios, Pelion, Chania, Monemvasia, Nafplion and more. Because of his unusual upbringing, he uses words that are highly descriptive and makes you 'see' the things he describes. The three books are: My Family and Other Animals (1956); Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (1969); and The Garden of the Gods (1978). This is the first time I have read Gerald Durell, and it was a magnificent read! Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Gerald’s love of animals eventually led him to a career as a prominent zookeeper and naturalist. Gerald writes with such beautiful, insightful descriptions of the Natural world of bees, bugs, sea creatures, and the wacky humans that inhabit his world! Please try again. This together with the wonderfully free boyhood Gerry lead whilst there, left you feeling you wished you could have been there with them all too. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur Naturalist and The Aye-Aye and I. Gerald Durrell died in 1995. Well I said, it is a trilogy and perhaps worth it. The Corfu trilogy is the unofficial name for three autobiographical books by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, giving humorous, exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised stories of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939. Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2015. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2018. He is now best remembered for his bestselling Corfu Trilogy, starting with My Family and Other Animals and then followed by Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. My Family And Other Animals - what a charming book! 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