The elephant's journey
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(2 ratings)197 pages2011VintageISBN 9780099546887
About this book
In 1551, King John III of Portugal, whose wife, Catherine, is a Habsburg, decides that the best wedding present they can give to the Archduke Maximilian, a Habsburg, is the elephant that has been living in Lisbon for the last two years, a gift from the Portuguese colonies in India.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 197
- ISBN
- 9780099546887
- Language
- en
About Unknown Author
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ComSE GColCa (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈso(w).zɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010), was a Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic human factor. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago)
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