A visit from the tall, thin woman he arrested many years ago - now married to a hapless burglar - leads Maigret on a tortuous investigation in which he struggles with a formidable suspect.
In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flâneur named Gaustine opens a 'clinic for the past' that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer's sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute detail, transporting patients back in time.
This humorous account of the unconventional Durrell family living on the sun-drenched, thymescented Greek island of Corfu before World War II is Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to his very popular book, My Family and Other Animals.
Durrell tells the story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey.
Gerald Durrell (1924-1995) consagró su vida a la investigación y a la protección de especies animales en peligro. En Alianza Editorial está publicada buena parte de su obra.
Gerald Durrell combina en sus libros el retrato de gentes y lugares, la autobiografía y un insuperable sentido del humor. Mi familia y otros animales es sin duda su obra más conocida y celebrada.
Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu.
Izvestnyj anglijskij zoolog i pisatel Dzherald Darrell uvlekatelno s bolshim jumorom rasskazyvaet ob ekspeditsii za redkimi zhivotnymi Zapadnuju Afriku i Juzhnuju Ameriku.
Durrell's memories of those enchanted days gave rise to these three classic tales, loved by generations of adults and children alike, which are now available in one volume for the first time.