I am really looking forward to reading the rest in the series - this is the sort of comfort reading that I know I can look forward to if I need a break from real life. It's James Herriot (not his true name) telling about his life in the UK as a country vet in the 1930s. In an age of social uncertainties, when there seem to be no remedies for anything, Wight's stories of resolute grappling with mysterious bacterial foes or severe injuries have an almost heroic quality, giving the reader a sense of assurance, even hope. He has a great empathy for both his animal patients and their owners, and he portrays them with warmth, humour, and a deep respect. He also renamed Donald Sinclair and his brother Brian Sinclair as Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, respectively.

In 1969 Wight wrote If Only They Could Talk, the first of the now-famous series based on his life working as a vet and his training in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Both revel in the lifes of young vets caught up in the hurley burley of dealing with clients and their pets.I read these works by James Herriot for the first time almost twenty years ago, and I’ve reread them countless times since then. Seigfried’s eccentricities, his younger brother Tristan’s pranks, the animals, and the very interesting people who surround them: these make up the book. I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then. If Only They Could Talk was published in the United Kingdom in 1970 by Michael Joseph Ltd, but sales were slow until Thomas McCormack, of St. A pretty funny account of the life of a young vet in Yorkshire, with interesting characters, both animal and human.

Herriot εμπνέεται από την ζωή του και την εργασιακή του εμπειρία ως κτηνίατρος και μάς μεταφέρει στην επαρχιακή Αγγλία της δεκαετίας του '30 'χτίζοντας' σταδιακά μια ξεκαρδιστική ιστορία γεμάτη ηθογραφικά στοιχεία και αστεία περιστατικά με κατοικίδια ζώα. Because the previous book I read ('The Choice') was a bit on the heavy side emotional wise, I wanted a lighter read and found this first book in this series (6 books or even more followed) among my nature books on my bookshelves.Yet animals play a lesser, sometimes even a negligible role in many of Wight's tales: the overall theme of his stories is Yorkshire country life, with its people and their animals primary elements that provide its distinct character. I found that I had had no idea as a child of the time period that he was writing in, and the changing face of farming life between the wars was interesting, as was the changing of medicine with the advent of antibiotics. A trip back to the past when All Creatures Great and Small was a regular program on TV starring Christopher Timothy as James Herriot. When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he has no idea of the new friends he will meet or adventures that lie ahead. Stories like this are really innocent when other books are full of murder and mayhem so makes a nice change to get a simple happy book.

There are many moments when this writing can bring tears to your eyes, especially when a beloved animal passes away or has to be put down. Having loved and watched the original series on tv and then thoroughly enjoyed the recent new adaptation I thought I'd give it a go. Unfortunately the textbooks never told you about the long hours, sleepless nights, freezing cold or the scorching heat.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. James quickly learnt that dealing with animals was sometimes easier than dealing with people, especially farming people who were used to doing things their own way. His opening chapter describes his struggle to deliver a calf in the middle of the night, while the farmer has little faith in him, as he is a young, inexperienced vet.

I live in Yorkshire, about an hour from the Dales, and it has made me want to jump in my car and head off to Herriot country; the whole place just came alive with his passion for the region. Nesavieb seju nepatīkamā grimmasē, galu galā tāda ir skarbā realitāte, ja esi nolēmis savu profesionālo ceļu brist lauku dubļos.There is the wealthy Mrs Pumphrey and her pampered Pekingese, Tricki-Woo; there are farmers stolid and generous, mean and spiteful; there is the efficient and dutiful but imperious secretary Miss Harbottle. In this one, the narrator, Herriot, having finished his studies in veterinary sciences, goes to a Yorkshire village named Darrowby to be assistant to the vet Seigfried Farnon.