The Garden of the Gods
Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time<BR><BR>'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' - Sunday Telegraph <BR><BR>'My collection of animals swelled to a point where even Mother occasionally grew alarmed'<BR><BR>The island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald. His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Dierdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are even more curious, whether it is an innocent pair of American painters ripe for practical jokes, or a supercilious Count who barely survives an outing on Gerald's home-made boat, the Bootle-bumtrinket. The third volume in the Corfu Trilogy brings this glorious tale of halcyon days to a close.
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Gerald Durrell's beloved account of his childhood in Corfu, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time<BR><BR>'Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities' - Sunday Telegraph <BR><BR>'My collection of animals swelled to a point where even Mother occasionally grew alarmed'<BR><BR>The island of Corfu, where the Durrell family live in agreeable chaos, is paradise for aspiring naturalist Gerald. His battalion of creatures has grown to include eleven puppies, a toad named Dierdre and an unwelcome infestation of scorpions. Yet the human visitors to their sun-drenched villa are even more curious, whether it is an innocent pair of American painters ripe for practical jokes, or a supercilious Count who barely survives an outing on Gerald's home-made boat, the Bootle-bumtrinket. The third volume in the Corfu Trilogy brings this glorious tale of halcyon days to a close.
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196 mm | 127 mm | 17 mm | 170 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2025
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Penguin UK
ISBN-10
0241762960
Autor
Gerald Durrell
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
207
Themen
Klassische Reiseberichte, Reiseliteratur, Autobiographie: Schriftsteller, Tierwelt: Sachbuch, Memoiren, Berichte, Erinnerungen, Korfu, Humor
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