The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell
Some of my favourite readings are books written by foreign writers where the setting is in Greece.
Always amazed by their perspective on Greek life and people, I have picked a few that I would like to share with you, and I will start with an excerpt from The Corfu Trilogy, by Gerald Durrell, first published in 1956 (Penguin, 2006). It comprises three separate stories My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. Just before WWII and after his father’s death, Gerald, 10, and his family (his mother, older brother and renown writer Laurence, his second brother Leslie, and his sister Margaret) decide to leave England and visit their favourite island of Corfu, in Greece, where he will discover his passion for animals.
Gerald Durrell
Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE. (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995)
was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter
My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.” ― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals
