When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.

当不按常理出牌的杜瑞尔一家再也无法忍受英国潮湿、灰暗的气候时，他们做了任何明智的家庭都会做的事：卖掉房子，搬到阳光明媚的希腊科孚岛上。我的家庭和其他动物》的初衷是拥抱该岛的自然历史，但最后却成了杜瑞尔一家的愉快经历，从许多古怪的挂名者到小狗、蟾蜍、蝎子、壁虎、瓢虫、萤火虫、章鱼、蝙蝠和蝴蝶不停地进入他们家。