Земля шорохов. Поместье-зверинец (илл. Р. Томпсона)

Dzheralʹd Darrell (1925-1995) - znamenityĭ angliĭskiĭ zoolog i puteshestvennik, odna iz kulʹtovykh figur KhKh veka. Knigi Darrella uzhe davno sostavli͡ai͡ut zolotoĭ fond mirovoĭ literatury i polʹzui͡utsi͡a bolʹshoĭ populi͡arnostʹi͡u u chitateleĭ po vsemu miru.Buduchi s detstva oderzhim ideeĭ sozdatʹ sobstvennyĭ zoopark, Darrell vzi͡al v arendu pomestʹe na ostrove Dzhersi, gde i poselil pervykh zhivotnykh, privezennykh im iz Zapadnoĭ Afriki, no za predstaviteli͡ami i͡uzhnoamerikanskoĭ fauny Darrellu, ego zhene Dzheki i sekretari͡u Sofi prishlosʹ otpravitʹsi͡a v Argentinu. V "Zemle shorokhov" opisano ikh vosʹmimesi͡achnoe puteshestvie po strane, vkli͡uchai͡ushchee mnogochasovye pereezdy na mashine po poberezhʹi͡u v poiskakh pingvinov, morskikh kotikov i glavnoĭ t͡seli ėkspedit͡sii - morskikh slonov. Razumeetsi͡a, po puti Darrellu i ego sputnikam vstrechalasʹ i drugai͡a zhivnostʹ, naseli͡ai͡ushchai͡a argentinskui͡u pampu: ot nasekomykh do popugaev, ot bronenost͡sev do penelop. Nekotorye iz nikh vposledstvii takzhe stali zhiteli͡ami Dzhersiĭskogo zooparka."Pomestʹe-zverinet͡s" predstavli͡aet soboĭ sobranie istoriĭ o zhizni osnovannogo Darrellom pitomnika. Iz zametok proslavlennogo zoologa vy uznaete ob osobennosti͡akh ustroĭstva zooparka, poi͡avlenii dolgozhdannogo potomstva ego postoi͡alʹt͡sev, konechno, o trogatelʹnom i poroĭ zabavnom vzaimodeĭstvii zhivotnykh s li͡udʹmi, kotorye o nikh zabotilisʹ.Izdanie soderzhit illi͡ustrat͡sii izvestnogo britanskogo khudozhnika Ralʹfa Tompsona.

Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) is a famous English zoologist and traveler, one of the cult figures of the twentieth century. Darrell's books have long been the golden fund of world literature and are very popular with readers around the world.Having been obsessed with the idea of creating his own zoo since childhood, Darrell rented an estate on the island of Jersey, where he settled the first animals he brought from West Africa, but Darrell, his wife Jackie and secretary Sophie had to go to Argentina for representatives of the South American fauna. The "Land of Rustles" describes their eight—month journey across the country, including many hours of driving along the coast in search of penguins, fur seals and the main goal of the expedition - sea elephants. Of course, along the way Darrell and his companions met other animals inhabiting the Argentine pampas: from insects to parrots, from armadillos to penelopes. Some of them later also became residents of the Jersey Zoo."The Manor-Menagerie" is a collection of stories about the life of the nursery founded by Darrell. From the notes of the famous zoologist, you will learn about the peculiarities of the zoo's structure, the appearance of the long-awaited offspring of its guests, of course, about the touching and sometimes funny interaction of animals with people who took care of them.The publication contains illustrations by the famous British artist Ralph Thompson.