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Fillets of Plaice

Gerald Durrell

4.10/5 (1280 ratings)

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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.

Format:: Mass Market Paperback

Pages:: 189 pages

Publication:: 1976

Publisher:: Fontana

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 000634464X

ISBN13:: 9780006344643

kindle Asin:: B009EPNM5M

Fillets of Plaice

Gerald Durrell

4.10/5 (1280 ratings)

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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.

Format:: Mass Market Paperback

Pages:: 189 pages

Publication:: 1976

Publisher:: Fontana

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 000634464X

ISBN13:: 9780006344643

kindle Asin:: B009EPNM5M

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