Fillets of Plaice
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.51 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670313270 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
More good times and belly laughs from the Durrells I will probably never tire of the wit and charm of the Durrell family as chronicled by Gerald, the youngest child of said family, in these lovely three books about his childhood and his family's misadventures on the exquisitely beautiful island of Corfu in Greece. I promise you that eve. "My favorite author" according to D.Sweeney. My all time favorite author is Gerald Durrell. The first book in this series, My Family and Other Animals, made me laugh harder than any other book I have ever read. This book continues the story of the Durrell family while Gerry was growing up. I am thankful that Amazon allows me to ma. A Charming and Funny Memoir David A. Wend Fillets of Plaice is a delightful memoir by Gerald Durrell consisting of five tales from various times of his life. The first is from his childhood on Corfu concerning a birthday celebration for his mother that, like everything else his family did, goes a bit wrong with unpredictable re
In his foreword to Fauna and Family, Durrell confessed that in the first two books, "I had left out a number of incidents and characters that I would have liked to have described, and I have attempted to repair this omission in this book I hope that it might give the same pleasure to its readers as apparently its predecessors have done, as for me it portrays a very important part of my life which is a truly happy and sunlit childhood." Also available from Godine: Fillets of Plaice . From the Inside Flap Fauna and Family, also known as Th
Durrell's hilarious and warm My Family and Other Animals (1957) began a trio of reminiscences of his life growing up with a slightly dotty family the overbearing and omniscient Larry; the affectionate and loving siblings, Margot and Leslie; and, of course, the overburdened and patient Mother on the island of Corfu in the 1930s, when a pound could buy a villa and life was conducted as a series of riotously high (and sometimes low) adventures. You can read this book for the humor alone (for he did perceive his family as some rare and rarefied species), but between the lines you can discern the makings of a world-class naturalist and a cultivated and engaging writer.. From fish to fowl, from lizards to little water fleas (daphnia), Durrell's eye is acute and his prose is tart. But what shines through these five vig
. But he is perhaps best remembered for the books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast and his immortal My Family and Other Animals trilogy, which is now being adapted into a 6-part PBS TV series. Gerald Durrell founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Durrell Wildlife Park