Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories [NOOK Book]

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A collection of short stories by a world-renowned naturalist and author of My Family and Other Animals introduces an eccentric cast of characters including a prize-truffling pig in France and an aging Memphis belle.
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Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories

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Overview

A collection of short stories by a world-renowned naturalist and author of My Family and Other Animals introduces an eccentric cast of characters including a prize-truffling pig in France and an aging Memphis belle.
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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Eight droll stories--linked only in that they may or may not have happened to Durrell--told with the cleverness and wit of an accomplished after-dinner raconteur. (May)
Library Journal
In these eight stories, which feature the author himself, naturalist Durrell contrasts human and animal behavior. The entire collection is prefaced by an epigram from Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary : ``Bride--a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.'' The reader soon finds the same prospect, for the epigram's minimal relevance indicates the problem: Durrell does not seem to know when he has made his point. The title story shows how the author's widowed mother cleverly stops her meddlesome children from trying to get her remarried. ``Retirement'' aims for profundity with the sudden death of a retiring sea captain but becomes silly. ``The Jury,'' about a hangman in Paraguay haunted by his victims, has potential but grows tired and predictable. There are many wonderfully descriptive passages and images, but they ramble. A valiant effort drowned by purple prose. Not recommended.--Kenneth Mintz, Hoboken P.L., N.J.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781611456059
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publication date: 2/14/2012
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 102,722
  • File size: 807 KB

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 4, 2012

    Didn't appeal

    This just didn't appeal - I lost interest immediately. The charcters had no complexity; I didn't care wht they were doing or what happened to them.

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