Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious, sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children, ten-year-old Gerald, discovered his passion for animals: toads and tortoises, bats and butterflies, scorpions and octopuses. Through glorious silver-green olive groves and across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession . . . causing hilarity and mayhem in his ever-tolerant family. Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, British India, on 7 January 1925. [1] He was the fifth and youngest child (an elder sister having died in infancy) of Louisa Florence Dixie and Lawrence Samuel Durrell, both of whom were born in India of English and Irish descent. Durrell's father was a British engineer and, as was commonplace for a family of their status, the infant Durrell spent most of his time in the company of an ayah (nursemaid). Durrell reportedly recalled his first visit to a zoo in India and attributed his lifelong love of animals to that encounter. Can't believe I'd never heard of this guy. His humor is so perfect. Many laugh out loud moments. He also writes rather nicely...really. He uses a ton of metaphor, which can get really tedious with some writers, and while I began to notice more often that he used it so often (!) I found the metaphor so well done that I marveled at his imagination.

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Helena Smith (22 September 2006). "Corfu pays belated tribute to Durrells". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 . Retrieved 3 June 2015. Most of the focus is on young Gerry's intense animal obsession. While there's no obvious examples of animal cruelty, I did feel slightly sorry for some of the wild animals, who presumably were being captured against their will. In that respect, I think these books are very much of their time and, perhaps, Gerry's methods in exploration and discovery would not be so accepted nowadays, but, having said that, it's clear how his experiences on the island sparked such an intense passion in the young boy and his later career in animal conservation and zoology.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-03-17 01:38:34 Associated-names Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995. My family and other animals; Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995. Birds, beasts and relatives; Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995. Garden of the gods Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40392115 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Internationally, the series was acquired in Australia by the Seven Network [27] and premiered on 24 August 2016. [28] In the United States, PBS began airing the show, retitled as The Durrells in Corfu, on 16 October 2016 at 8pm. [29] The Durrells started screening in New Zealand on 26 October 2016 on Prime TV. In Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation began airing Series 1 on 13 September 2017. [30] In Spain, the series has been acquired by the streaming platform Filmin. [31]

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Durrell was a regular contributor to magazines on both sides of the Atlantic, including Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, and the Sunday Times Supplement. He was also a regular book reviewer for The New York Times. A number of excerpts and stories from his books were used by Octopus Books and Reader's Digest Publishing, including in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books. His works have been translated into 31 languages and made into TV serials and feature films. He has large followings in Northern and Eastern Europe, Russia, Israel, and various Commonwealth countries, including India. The British Library houses a collection of Durrell's books as part of the Lawrence Durrell Collection. Recounted with immense humour and charm My Family and Other Animals is a wonderful account of a rare, magical childhood. The beauty and genius of a work of art may be re-conceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. ( The Bird, 1906)Kment, Petr (2005). "Revision of Mahea Distant, 1909, with a review of the Acanthosomatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of Madagascar and Seychelles" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 45: 21–50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011 . Retrieved 7 January 2011. In 1978, Durrell started the training centre for conservationists at the zoo, or the "mini-university" in his words. As of 2005, over a thousand biologists, naturalists, zoo veterinarians and zoo architects from 104 countries have attended the International Training Centre. Durrell was also instrumental in forming the Captive Breeding Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union in 1982. Other illustrators who worked with Durrell were Barry L. Driscoll, who illustrated Two in the Bush; Pat Marriott, who illustrated Look at Zoos; and Anne Mieke van Ogtrop, who illustrated The Talking Parcel and Donkey Rustlers. A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist (with Lee Durrell) (Hamish Hamilton (UK) / Alfred A. Knopf (U.S.), 1982)

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We hope that there will be fireflies and glow-worms at night to guide you and butterflies in hedges and forests to greet you. US News". US News. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010 . Retrieved 19 February 2012. I remembered them with great affection and was thinking how much I'd like to read them again and one morning I got on the train to go to work and there sitting on an empty seat was this book 'The Corfu Trilogy'. Serendipitous!A third series was confirmed to be in production by writer Simon Nye at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival on 8 April 2017. He described the third series as having "some exotic new animals", [10] and that production would begin in three weeks' time, upon Keeley Hawes's arrival in Corfu for filming. It is set in 1937. [11] No. a b Huntman, Ruth (26 March 2016). "Gerald Durrell was my hero … I married him for his zoo". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 May 2021. Other influences on Durrell during his formative years were the works of naturalists Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, Jean-Henri Fabre and Gilbert White. [5] London and Whipsnade Zoo [ edit ]