The Elephant's Journey
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780547574110
- Book Title
- Elephant's Journey
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Literary, Romance / Historical / Ancient World, Historical
- Item Weight
- 7.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0547574118
ISBN-13
9780547574110
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309767765
Product Key Features
Book Title
Elephant's Journey
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
General, Literary, Romance / Historical / Ancient World, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"It would be hard to more highly recommend a novel to be downed in a single drafteSimply, this books flows, and keeps on flowing." -- The New York Times "His most optimistic, playful, humorous and magical book, a grace note written near the end of his life... The Elephant's Journey is a tale rich in irony and empathy, regularly interrupted by witty reflections on human nature and arch commentary on the powerful who insult human dignity." -- Los Angeles Times "Saramago...spun this whimsical yet compulsively readable tale...it's a perfect example of why [he] will be remembered as a master of surreal, enchanting prose." -- GQ "A picaresque romp that gleefully skewers the benighted souls clinging to outmoded worldviews while breathtaking new realities unfold right in front of them." -- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "It would be hard to more highly recommend a novel to be downed in a single draft&Simply, this books flows, and keeps on flowing." -- The New York Times "His most optimistic, playful, humorous and magical book, a grace note written near the end of his life... The Elephant's Journey is a tale rich in irony and empathy, regularly interrupted by witty reflections on human nature and arch commentary on the powerful who insult human dignity." -- Los Angeles Times "Saramago...spun this whimsical yet compulsively readable tale...it's a perfect example of why [he] will be remembered as a master of surreal, enchanting prose." -- GQ "A picaresque romp that gleefully skewers the benighted souls clinging to outmoded worldviews while breathtaking new realities unfold right in front of them." -- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, ...Saramago has fashioned his own splendid parting gift: a poignant, if paradic, comical and, finally, sadly instructive little tale., Saramago writes with a masterfully light hand, and the humor is tender, a mockery so tempered by patience and pity that the sting is gone though the wit remains vital., "It would be hard to more highly recommend a novel to be downed in a single draft…Simply, this books flows, and keeps on flowing." -- The New York Times "His most optimistic, playful, humorous and magical book, a grace note written near the end of his life... The Elephant's Journey is a tale rich in irony and empathy, regularly interrupted by witty reflections on human nature and arch commentary on the powerful who insult human dignity." -- Los Angeles Times "Saramago...spun this whimsical yet compulsively readable tale...it's a perfect example of why [he] will be remembered as a master of surreal, enchanting prose." -- GQ "A picaresque romp that gleefully skewers the benighted souls clinging to outmoded worldviews while breathtaking new realities unfold right in front of them." -- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "It would be hard to more highly recommend a novel to be downed in a single draft...Simply, this books flows, and keeps on flowing." -- The New York Times "His most optimistic, playful, humorous and magical book, a grace note written near the end of his life... The Elephant's Journey is a tale rich in irony and empathy, regularly interrupted by witty reflections on human nature and arch commentary on the powerful who insult human dignity." -- Los Angeles Times "Saramago...spun this whimsical yet compulsively readable tale...it's a perfect example of why [he] will be remembered as a master of surreal, enchanting prose." -- GQ "A picaresque romp that gleefully skewers the benighted souls clinging to outmoded worldviews while breathtaking new realities unfold right in front of them." -- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, [Saramago's] exuberance causes the details of dung, armor, fireworks and elephant hair to reverberate.
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
869.3/42
Synopsis
A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist José Saramago In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. In José Saramago's remarkable and imaginative retelling, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, begin in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the king and queen that an elephant would be an appropriate wedding gift, everyone rushes to get them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon a long overdue scrub. Accompanied by the Archduke, his new wife, and the royal guard, these unlikely heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars, witnessed along the way by scholars, historians, and wide-eyed ordinary people as they make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy; they brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Passes; across the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River; and at last, toward their grand entry into the imperial city., The tale of an elephant named Solomon who travels through sixteenth century Europe, from Lisbon to Vienna., A delightful, witty tale of friendship and adventure from prize-winning novelist Jos Saramago In 1551, King Jo o III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. In Jos Saramago's remarkable and imaginative retelling, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, begin in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the king and queen that an elephant would be an appropriate wedding gift, everyone rushes to get them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon a long overdue scrub. Accompanied by the Archduke, his new wife, and the royal guard, these unlikely heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars, witnessed along the way by scholars, historians, and wide-eyed ordinary people as they make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy; they brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Passes; across the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River; and at last, toward their grand entry into the imperial city.
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