Suzanne A.Adult Services LibrarianElephant's JourneyJose Saramago (2010)Nobel Prize winning author Saramago based this novel on an actual event. In the mid-sixteenth century, the King Joao of Portugal gave an elephant as a gift to Archduke Maximilian of Austria. The story re-creates the elephant's journey from Lisbon to Vienna. Saramago beautifully develops the characters of Solomon, the elephant, his keeper Subhro, and others they encounter on their way. This is a charming and fantastic tale.
