Himself and Other Animals / Он и другие звери
A Portrait of Gerald Durrell / Портрет Джеральда Даррелла
Год выпуска: 1998 г.
Автор: David Hughes / Дэвид Хьюз
Категория: биография
Издатель: Pimlico
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Отсканированные страницы
Кол-во страниц: 189
ISBN: 0-7126-6696-0
Описание: ‘David Hughes’s portrait rings absolutely true; reading this book is uncanny because he manages to bring Gerry so vividly back to life... Durrell’s life was a combination of great pleasure and great desperation, and this portrait of him perfectly captures these extremes, which pull you along in their wake.’ Edward Whitley,
Literary Review
Gerald Durrell is of universal interest, not only as a writer about wildlife, but as a man dedicated to the saving of species likely to die out. As a result of his pioneering zoo in Jersey he is everyone’s ideal of a crusading conservationist.
My Family and Other Animals has joined the classics. Each new generation of readers has grown up with Gerald and his adventures.
David Hughes was a friend of Gerald Durrell for forty years, convivially when editing his books in the 1950s, intimately when they were neighbours in southern France during the 1970s, closely when Gerald Durrell was dying in London hospitals during his last months.
‘He writes with a wry elegance that easily absolves his own sense of inadequacy when faced with Durrell’s facility for filling a ream of foolscap before breakfast. This is a tender and poetic memoir of a prophet we should still heed.’ Nigel Spivey,
Financial Times
‘Glints with riveting anecdotes of a life brimmingly lived over delicious long lunches in southern France... A brilliant portrait of a visionary
bon viveur who committed himself to his ideals.’ Maris Ross,
Daily Mail
‘Hughes is a fine novelist and brings a novelist’s understanding of character to his narrative...
Himself and Other Animals is a thoughtful, vivid and moving portrait of a real individual.’ Eileen Battersby,
Irish Times
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Увлекательная биография Джеральда Даррелла, написанная его близким другом.
