My Family and Other Animals

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  I actually read this many years ago, 1968 according to my reading list, yes I know it is sad, but I have kept a record that long. This paperback edition dates from 1987(when it was made into a television series), but is still in pristine condition, so does not look as though either of my daughters e ... (continue)

  I actually read this many years ago, 1968 according to my reading list, yes I know it is sad, but I have kept a record that long. This paperback edition dates from 1987(when it was made into a television series), but is still in pristine condition, so does not look as though either of my daughters ever read this copy.

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  Lindyloumac said on Oct 6, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  what a crazy family :)

  A charming book describing the adventures of a little boy, his animals and his family...in this order. I suggest to read again the "speech for the Defence" after finishing the book, a good way to end the book i guess.

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  jaahbaba said on Oct 8, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  This book and me

  This is one of the first books I remember my father strongly recommending me. I guess he'd already bought me many books, but they might have been adventure books that he himself had read when he was a kid, so was unenthusiastic about. For this book, however, he had an ongoing admiration, so it was o ... (continue)

  This is one of the first books I remember my father strongly recommending me. I guess he'd already bought me many books, but they might have been adventure books that he himself had read when he was a kid, so was unenthusiastic about. For this book, however, he had an ongoing admiration, so it was one of the first times we got to share an enthusiasm in a book. Besides, he's a naturalist turned chemical engineer (and gone back to natural sciences since his retirement) so obviously he likes Gerry Durrell. It's only recently I found this second-hand copy in English in the antique bookshop of the Galerie Vivienne, in Paris. I'd only ever read Durrell's books in Italian up to this one, for they were linked to my early adolescence. But it's not one of those books that suffers badly from translation, in my opinion.

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  Leo said on Jun 3, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0142004413
• ISBN-13: 9780142004418
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
• Pub date: Jun 29, 2004
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, 한국 책, llibres en català, Libri Italiani

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