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The author says about the inspiration for the story in the end, which is surprising. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the elephants journey. Mar 08, 2019 results 1 17 of 17 a viagem do elefante by jose saramago and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Where blindness was a morality play of sorts on humanity s tendency to baseness, the elephant s journey is simply a story. The elephants journey jose saramagos latest work plods across 16th century europe at a stately pace but, writes chandrahas choudhury, it is a trip worth taking. The elephants journey by jose saramago houghton mifflin harcourt, 224 pp. It is by chance that jose saramago stumbled upon the history of this elephants journey. The jose saramago foundation is located in the historic casa dos bicos in the city of lisbon. Yet, in sinuous sentences and dense paragraphs that are his literary signature, saramago has left us with a witty, spunky trunk show. The elephants journey by jose saramago, paperback barnes. Jose saramagos latest work plods across 16th century europe at a stately pace but, writes chandrahas choudhury, it is a trip worth taking.
Filled with wonderful landscapes and local colour, peppered with witty reflection on human failings and achievements, it is, in the end, about the journey of life itself. Saramago died this year 2010 at the age of eightyeight. The elephants journey kindle edition by jose saramago. Read the elephants journey by jose saramago available from rakuten kobo. Filled with charm and whimsy, it reads like an adult fairy tale. The elephants journey is a lesser accomplishment than the year of the death of ricardo reis 1986 and all the names 1997. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor.
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