The Elephant's Journey by José Saramago
Solomon the elephant's life is about to be upturned. So begins a journey that will take the stalwart Solomon across the dusty plains of Castile, over the sea to Genoa and up to northern Italy where, like Hannibal's elephants before him, he must cross the snowy Alps.
"It is extremely funnyOld Saramago writes with a masterfully light hand, and the humour is tender, a mockery so tempered by patience and pity that the sting is gone though the wit remains vital... a series of contained miracles of absurdity, quiet laughter rising out of a profound, resigned, affectionate wisdom" -- Ursula K Le Guin * Guardian *
"The novel has a charming fairy tale quality, with its kings and courtiers, it pachyderm protagonist and his mysterious mahout: this is amoung the most charming of Saramago's works" -- Michael Kerrigan * Times Literary Supplement *
"The Elephant's Journey is well worth picking up" * Syndicated review to local papers *
"José Saramango wrote his final book with great panache" -- Margaret Reynolds * The Times *
"Saramago enjoys filling out the details with improvisatory skill and imagination" -- John Spurling * Sunday Times *
"The novel has a charming fairy tale quality, with its kings and courtiers, it pachyderm protagonist and his mysterious mahout: this is amoung the most charming of Saramago's works" -- Michael Kerrigan * Times Literary Supplement *
"The Elephant's Journey is well worth picking up" * Syndicated review to local papers *
"José Saramango wrote his final book with great panache" -- Margaret Reynolds * The Times *
"Saramago enjoys filling out the details with improvisatory skill and imagination" -- John Spurling * Sunday Times *
José Saramago is one of the most important international writers of the last hundred years. Born in Portugal in 1922, he was in his sixties when he came to prominence as a writer with the publication of Baltasar and Blimunda. A huge body of work followed, translated into more than forty languages, and in 1998 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Saramago died in June 2010.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099546887 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099546884 |
| Title | The Elephant's Journey |
| Author | José Saramago |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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