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Durrell's hilarious and warm My Family and Other Animals began a trio of reminiscences of his life growing up with a slightly dotty family the overbearing and omniscient Larry; the affectionate and loving siblings, Margot and Leslie; and, of course, the overburdened and patient Mother on the island of Corfu in the 1930s, when a pound could buy a villa and life was conducted as a series of riotously high (and sometimes low) adventures. But what shines through these five vignettes is the author's engagement with and immense affection for animals in all their forms. From fish to fowl, from lizards to little water fleas (daphnia), Durrell's eye is acute and his prose is tart. You can read this book for the humor alone (for he did perceive his family as some rare and rarefied species), but between the lines you can discern the makings of a world-class naturalist and a cultivated and engaging writer.
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- Title Fillets of Plaice
- Author Gerald Durrell
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher David R. Godine Publisher, Boston
- Date 2008-04
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781567923544 / 1567923542
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Durrell, Gerald, Autobiographies
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007050529
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2008, Page 269
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