by Gerald Durrell · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420633350
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«Mi familia y otros animales» is Gerald Durrell's autobiography, published by Alianza in paperback (374 pages, in Spanish).
Gerald Durrell recalls his family's childhood on the Greek island of Corfu, where his mother and siblings provide absurd situations. Amid walks around the island, encounters with locals, and the animals the young naturalist observes, the narrative combines autobiography, humor, and a fascination with nature.
First installment of the Corfu Trilogy, completed by «Bichos y demás parientes» and «El jardín de los dioses»; it belongs to the Biblioteca Durrell collection from Alianza Editorial.
For readers who enjoy travel memoirs, nature observation, and family humor.
Gerald Malcolm Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British India, and moved to England when his father died in 1928. In 1935 the family moved to Corfu, and stayed there for four years, before the outbreak of World War II forced them to return to the UK. In 1946 he received an inheritance from his father's will that he used to fund animal-collecting trips to the British Cameroons and British Guiana. He married Jacquie Rasen in 1951; they had very little money, and she persuaded him to write an account of his first trip to the Cameroons. The result, titled The Overloaded Ark, sold well, and he began writing accounts of his other trips. An expedition to Argentina and Paraguay followed in 1953, and three years later he published My Family and Other Animals, which became a bestseller.
