DURRELL, G.: Aye-aye and I (The) (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2019.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

The Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell ( 08 min., 17 sec. )

Chapter One The Vanishing Lake ( 09 min., 03 sec. )

All this takes place in the bar of the Hotel Colbert ( 09 min., 46 sec. )

Our flight to Ambatondrazaka, the largest town ( 09 min., 42 sec. )

Meanwhile, Mihanta had discovered by some mysterious ( 10 min., 34 sec. )

Chapter Two A Flood of Lemurs ( 09 min., 59 sec. )

We were now in a predicament. ( 10 min., 55 sec. )

In a village nearby, Mihanta did his Cheshire Cat vanishing ( 08 min., 01 sec. )

The scheme has been an enormous success and ( 07 min., 52 sec. )

Chapter Three An Interlude with Yniphora ( 12 min., 32 sec. )

Come on,' I said to Lee, 'you've crooned over ( 13 min., 09 sec. )

Chapter Four Jumping Rats and Kapidolo ( 12 min., 50 sec. )

We turned off into a sizeable clearing where there was ( 13 min., 14 sec. )

When we got back to camp, we got our charges safely ( 09 min., 06 sec. )

During the next few days we added steadily to our ( 08 min., 42 sec. )

Chapter Five The Hunt Begins ( 12 min., 49 sec. )

As we got nearer to Tamatave, we drove through some ( 09 min., 43 sec. )

The road now wound its way upwards into the hills and ( 08 min., 25 sec. )

To add to our joy, it had now begun to rain, not heavily ( 08 min., 32 sec. )

Chapter Six Crystal Country and Beyond ( 11 min., 37 sec. )

I found myself in an irritating personal predicament since ( 10 min., 25 sec. )

It was Madame's birthday that day and, in the evening ( 08 min., 26 sec. )

Chapter Seven Verity the Vespertine ( 10 min., 57 sec. )

That night, Lee fed Verity on a curious diet ( 09 min., 26 sec. )

We were in the process of drinking - with ill-concealed ( 08 min., 27 sec. )

Another character who became well known to us was the ( 06 min., 57 sec. )

Camp routine was now getting under way. ( 08 min., 20 sec. )

Chapter Eight The Soothsayer's Apprentices ( 08 min., 18 sec. )

Another story concerns a real animal, a slender ( 12 min., 16 sec. )

While we were staying at the hotely in Mananara ( 09 min., 16 sec. )

Chapter Nine The Arrival of the Aye-aye ( 07 min., 51 sec. )

That night, as we watched Verity making steady ( 10 min., 14 sec. )

Erickson has given the aye-aye's tapping behaviour the ( 09 min., 51 sec. )

Chapter Ten The Flight of the Magic Finger ( 05 min., 41 sec. )

The pace now hotted up. Having found the plane ( 07 min., 15 sec. )

In the event, things worked out smoothly, ( 07 min., 24 sec. )

It was clear that the Mascarene flora and fauna ( 08 min., 22 sec. )

The island, once thickly forested by palms and hardwoods, ( 07 minutes, 05 sec. )

Participant:

Degas, Rupert, Reader -- Durrell, Gerald, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781781982365

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.