Name: VIAJE DEL ELEFANTE, EL
SKU: 2405080
Author: José Saramago
ISBN: 9786071101181

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jose Saramago

Publisher

Penguin

Topic

novela contemporánea

Collection

SIN DET. ALFAGUARA

Year

2010

Language

Spanish

Pages

270

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5x14 cm

ISBN

6071101182

ISBN13

9786071101181

Edited in

México

Edition No.

2009

Synopsis "VIAJE DEL ELEFANTE, EL"

El viaje del elefanteA mediados del siglo XVI el rey Juan III ofrece a su primo, el archiduque Maximiliano de Austria, un elefant

e asiático. Esta novela cuenta el viaje épico de ese elefante llamado Salomón que tuvo que recorrer Europa por caprichos reales y

absurdas estrategias.El viaje del elefante no es un libro histórico, es una combinación de hechos reales e inventados que nos hac

e sentir la realidad y la ficción como una unidad indisoluble, como algo propio de la gran literatura. Una reflexión sobre la huma

nidad en la que el humor y la ironía, marcas de la implacable lucidez del autor, se unen a la compasión con la que José Saramago o

bserva las flaquezas humanas.Escrita diez años después de la concesión del Premio Nobel, El viaje del elefante nos muestra a un S

aramago en todo su esplendor literario.

Jose Saramago

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José Saramago (Azinhaga, 1922-Tías, Lanzarote, 2010) is one of the most well-known and appreciated Portuguese writers worldwide. In Spain, since the first publication of The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis in 1985, his literary work received the best reception from readers and critics. Other important titles include The Widow, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, Raised from the Ground, Baltasar and Blimunda, The Stone Raft, The History of the Siege of Lisbon, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Blindness, All the Names, The Cave, The Double, Seeing, Death with Interruptions, The Elephant's Journey, Cain, Skylight, and Alabardas. Alfaguara has also published Complete Poetry, Lanzarote Notebooks I and II, Journey to Portugal, the short story The Tale of the Unknown Island, the children's story The Biggest Flower in the World, the autobiographical book Small Memories, The Notebook, José Saramago in His Words, a compilation of the author's statements collected in the press, The Last Notebook, What Will You Do with This Book. Complete Plays and The Nobel Year Notebook. He received the Camões Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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