<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0755111974 (hardcover edition) ISBN 0141321873 (paperback edition) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Birds, Beasts, and Relatives, The Garden of the Gods </Td> </Tr> <P> My Family and Other Animals (1956) is an autobiographical work by British naturalist Gerald Durrell . It tells of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939 . It describes the life of the Durrell family in a humorous manner, and explores the fauna of the island . It is the first and most well - known of Durrell's' Corfu trilogy,' together with Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (1969) and The Garden of the Gods (1978). </P> <P> Durrell had already written several successful books about his trips collecting animals in the wild for zoos when he published My Family and Other Animals in 1956 . Its comic exaggeration of the foibles of his family--especially his eldest brother Lawrence Durrell, who became a celebrated novelist and poet--and his heartfelt appreciation of the natural world made it very successful . Durrell was able to found the Jersey Zoological Park (now known as the Durrell Wildlife Park) in the Channel Islands . He also became known as a novel - writer and television personality . His books helped stimulate the development of tourism in Corfu . </P>

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