num_pages: 248
description: Volume two in The Corfu Trilogy , now the inspiration for The Durrells in Corfu on PBS MasterpiecePart coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell’s dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood on Corfu, from 1933 to 1939. Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Birds, Beasts, and Relatives is filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.
language: English
title: Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
titlecomplete: Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
genres: Classics, Nature, Autobiography, Travel, Humor, Biography, Greece, Animals, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 9218
places: Corfu
series: Corfu Trilogy
publisher: Penguin Books