About the book: year / The first book - “The Overloaded Ark” (1952) - was dedicated to a trip to Cameroon and caused enthusiastic responses from both readers and critics . The author was noticed by major publishers, and the royalties from the books made it possible to organize an expedition to South America in 1954. However, a military coup broke out in Paraguay, and almost the entire living collection, collected with great difficulty, had to be abandoned, running away from the junta (General Alfredo Stroessner then came to power, becoming dictator for many 35 years). Darrell described his impressions of this trip in his next book, “Under the Canopy of the Drunken Forest” (1955). At the same time, at the invitation of his brother Larry, he vacationed in Cyprus and Greece. Familiar places evoked a lot of childhood memories - this is how the “Greek” trilogy appeared: “My Family and Animals” (1955), “Birds, Animals and Relatives” (1969) and “Garden of the Gods” (1978). The incredible success of My Family (it was reprinted more than 30 times in the UK alone and over 20 times in the USA) led serious critics to talk about the revival of English literature. Moreover, this work by a “non-professional” author was included in the syllabus for final school exams in literature. The ironic Lawrence Durrell wrote about his younger brother: “The little devil writes beautifully! His style is fresh, reminiscent of lettuce!” Gerald was a master of animal portraiture. All the animals he described are individual and memorable as if you had met them yourself. Darrell’s incredible ability to work amazed those around him. He has written more than 30 books (which have been translated into dozens of languages) and directed 35 films. The debut four-part television film To Bafut for Beef, released in 1958, made the whole of England glued to their television screens. Later, in the early 80s, it was possible to film in the then closed Soviet Union. The result was the thirteen-episode film “Durrell in Russia” (shown on the first channel of domestic television in 1988) and the book “Durrell in Russia” (not translated into Russian). Contents:1. Animals in my life (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)2. Halibut fillet (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)3. Ai-ai and I (Translation: Sergey Losev)4. Talking bundle (Translation: Natalia Rakhmanova)5. Hounds of Bafut (Translation: Edward Kabalevskaya)6. Land of rustles (Translation: Dmitry Zhukov)7. Golden fruit bats and pink doves (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)8. A zoo in my luggage (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)9. Ark on the Island (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)10. Mom of marriageable age (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)11. Meatloaf. Meetings with animals 12. Naturalist at gunpoint, or Group portrait with nature (Translation: Irina Zamorina)13. New Noah (Translation: Sergey Losev)14. Oslokrady (Translation: Sergey Losev)15. Overloaded Ark (Translation: I Livshin)16. Picnic and other outrages (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)17. Under the canopy of a drunken forest (Translation: I Livshin)18. Catch me a colobus (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)19. Menagerie estate (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)20. The Way of the Little Kangaroo (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)21. Rosie is my relatives (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)22. Three tickets to Adventure 23. My family and other animals (Translation: L. Derevyankina)24. Birds, animals and relatives (Translation: Vladimir Smirnov, L. Derevyankina)25. Garden of the Gods (Translation: Lev Zhdanov)