A ZOO IN MY LUGGAGE

Book ID/图书代码： 03540005B05597

English Summary/英文概要： This is the true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect ’plenty beef.’ Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-Eye the bush-baby, and other founder members...and nowhere to put them.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 男孩傑瑞因二戰從希臘科孚島回到英國，戰時在動物園打工，累積一筆財富後帶隊浩蕩遠征西非喀麥隆草原王國，歷經一段段精采的冒險旅程，如今傑瑞已三十而立，然而有個夢想還在遠方等著他。

身為二十世紀最重要的野生動物蒐集家之一，他知道這場冒險並未結束。二十世紀中葉，人類因私欲對野生動物造成的干預與捕獵形成生態危機，因此他下定決心要找到屬於自己的樂園，在那裡安置並復育各地瀕危動物。

於是他再度踏入西非晉見威嚴的老獵人巴福特國王，展開匪夷所思卻令人意猶未盡的冒險旅程。

〝當你想帶牠回家，卻發現牠比你更聰明！〞

在1960年代，要完成完成接近國家地理頻道的生動影片，得先在烈日下曬得頭暈目眩，以及擁有超乎常人呵護這些〝動物明星〞的耐心：

會把屁股坐進水碗中洗澡、愛被搔肚子又溫馴可愛的水鼷鹿，一看到鏡頭卻像一支急速射出的火箭般赫然消失在你面前。

美麗的非洲林鴞則會永遠背對你的鏡頭，直到你等到萬念俱灰收起攝影機，才貌似愉悅地翩然轉身，對著你跳起草裙舞，再張開翅膀一鞠躬害羞謝幕。

傑瑞攜手BBC，在手忙腳亂、鳥飛猴跳中拍下了珍貴的紀錄片，並帶著動物們回到了英國伯恩茅斯的家。不料因為動物數量太多，幾乎塞爆家中後院，還引來鄰居驚嚇報警，情急之下只得先讓這一大群動物〝借宿〞在百貨公司供遊客欣賞。

〝一卡皮箱〞締造的保育奇蹟！

迎來大大小小的混亂，傑瑞終於選定海峽群島上的澤西島作為他的復育據點。他一路走來，勇敢承受挫折與周遭質疑的眼光，卻從不退縮，終在多年後獲得全世界的肯定。

十年前，一名小小的動物園實習生為了蒐集動物，遠征荒野。

十年後，他為了保護動物，決定影響全人類。而這本書見證了這個奇蹟。(Vincent)

Awards/获奖情况：It has won no awards, that we know of, but here is some useful praise:

‘An enchanting account of his adventures and of the idiosyncrasies of the many animals that came into his care’ – Daily Telegraph

‘He is a master of the ridiculous, affectionate metaphor’ – Sunday Times

‘Fascinating, funny and immensely informative’ – The Sphere

‘Mr Durrell at the top of his form is unbeatable’ – TLS

‘Adorable, wild and funny’ – Tatler

About the Author/作者介绍： Gerald Durrell was born in 1925 at Jamshedpur, India. In 1928 his family returned to England and then went to live on the Continent. They settled on the island of Corfu, and during this time he made a special study of zoology and kept a large number of local wild animals as pets. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper and in 1947 he financed, organized and led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He undertook numerous further expeditions, visiting Paraguay, Argentina, Sierra Leone, Mexico, Mauritius, Assam and Madagascar. His first television programme, ’Two in the Bush’, was made in 1962 when he and his first wife travelled to New Zealand, Australia and Malaya. He went on to make seventy programmes out of his trips around the world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park, of which he was Director, and in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded the OBE in 1982.
As a self-described ’champion of small uglies’, Durrell dedicated his life to the preservation of wildlife, and it is through his efforts that creatures such as the Mauritius pink pigeon and the Rodrigues fruit bat have avoided extinction. Encouraged to write about his life’s work by his novelist brother Lawrence, Durrell published his first book, The Overloaded Ark, in 1953. It soon became a bestseller and he went on to write thirty-six other titles, including My Family and Other Animals, The Bafut Beagles, Encounters with Animals, The Drunken Forest, A Zoo in My Luggage, The Whispering Land, Menagerie Manor, The Amateur Naturalist, The Aye-Aye and I and, with Lee Durrell, Durrell in Russia.
Gerald Durrell died in 1995. Speaking about him to the Times Charles Secrett, Director of Friends of the Earth, said ’He was one of the first people to wake the world up to what was happening to the environment. His books and programmes helped a whole new generation of environmentalists come into being.’

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：SOLD

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：to Azbooka-Atticus (Russia), Alianza (Spain), and Neri Pozza (Italy).

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