Strange though it may seem to anyone unaware of the importance of the marital bed in the efficient workings of public administration, regardless of whether that bed has been blessed by church or state or no one at all, the first step of an elephant's extraordinary journey to austria, which we propose to describe hereafter, took place in the royal apartments of the portuguese court, more or less at bedtime.
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The Elephant's Journey
by José Saramago
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"First published as A Viagem do Elefante in 2008 by Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon" - T.p. verso.
"First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Harvill Secker, Random House" - T.p. verso.
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fiction, historical fiction, portuguese fiction, elephants, Voyages and travels, History, Human-animal relationships, Elephants, Fiction, Interpersonal relations, Fiction, historical, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Vienna (austria), fiction, Portugal, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Éléphants, Romans, nouvelles, Relations homme-animal, VoyagesTimes
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2011, Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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From back cover: In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal gives Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon, along with his keeper, Subhro. The two have been living in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. ... Accompanied by the archduke, his new bride, and the royal guard, our unlikely heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil war. They make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy ... They brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner passes ... At last, their extraordinary journey ends with a grand entry into the Imperial city of Vienna.
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