The Elephant's Journey
by:
Jose Saramago (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547352589 (0547352581)
ASIN: 0547352581
Publish date: 2010-09-08
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Contemporary,
Animals,
Nobel Prize,
Portugal,
Portuguese Literature,
Fiction,
Historical
This tale, based on a true story, tells of the adventures and misadventures of a wedding gift of an elephant, making its way on foot from Lisbon, Portugal to Vienna, Austria. It made for a unique reading experience, in that there was minimal paragraphing and punctuation -- dialogues and narration ru...
Yes, this is a book of historical fiction. It is based on a true event in history: “In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant's journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians,...
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