Fillets of Plaice

Gerald Durrell

ISBN 10: 0140043381 / ISBN 13: 9780140043389

Published by Penguin Books, 1977

About this Item

: Fillets of Plaice es un libro de Gerald Durrell, publicado por Penguin Books. El libro es una colección de historias cortas sobre animales y las experiencias del autor como zoólogo y conservacionista. Durrell comparte sus observaciones sobre la vida silvestre y reflexiona sobre la importancia de la conservación. Con su característico humor y amor por la naturaleza, Durrell ofrece una lectura entretenida e informativa para los amantes de los animales y la naturaleza. EAN: 9780140043389 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Fillets of Plaice Autor: Gerald Durrell Editorial: Penguin Idioma: en Páginas: 178 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fillets of Plaice
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140043381
• ISBN 13: 9780140043389
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Aceptable

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Synopsis

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. But what shines through these five vignettes is the author's engagement with and immense affection for animals in all their forms. From fish to fowl, from lizards to little water fleas (daphnia), Durrell's eye is acute and his prose is tart. 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 the Inside Flap

Fauna and Family, also known as The Garden of the Gods, is the third in Durrell's Corfu trilogy that begins with his beloved classic, My Family and Other Animals and continues with Birds, Beasts and Relatives. 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."

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