<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> 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>
when was my family and other animals written
when was my family and other animals written
1956
1956