Un novio para mamá y otros relatos

Gerald Durrell

Alianza Editorial, Dec 2, 1997 - Fiction - 247 pages

Autor de una nutrida obra que gira en torno a sus experiencias como naturalista y zoólogo, Gerald Durrell es también asiduo escritor de narraciones cortas igualmente impregnadas de su inconfundible talante. En Un novio para mamá y otros relatos, además del que da título al libro -un episodio inédito de los avatares de la familia Durrell en Corfú-, se recogen otros siete cuentos que tocan desde el terror psicológico hasta la divertida peripecia personal.

About the author

Gerald Durrell was born on January 7, 1925 in Jamshedpur, India to British parents. After moving to the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, his family eventually settled on the Greek island of Corfu where he studied zoology and kept numerous local wild animals as pets. In 1945, he became a student keeper for the Whipsnade Zoo in England. He went on wildlife expeditions to Cameroon, British Guiana, Madagascar, and many other countries. He founded the Jersey Zoological Park and the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust with the purpose of breeding endangered species. My Family and Other Animals is his best-known book and tells of his childhood on Corfu. In 1962, he and his wife went to New Zealand, Australia, and Malaya to film a TV series, Two in the Bush. He died on January 30, 1995 after an extended illness.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Un novio para mamá y otros relatos; Biblioteca Durrell, Gerald Durrell; Volume 504 of Biblioteca de Autor Gerald Durrell; El Libro De Bolsillo - Bibliotecas De Autor - Biblioteca Durrell; El Libro de Bolsillo; Volume 504 of Libro de bolsillo: Biblioteca de autor
• Author: Gerald Durrell
• Publisher: Alianza Editorial, 1997
• ISBN: 8420633380, 9788420633381
• Length: 247 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Literary Collections / General