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A wonderful, witty tale of companionship and excursion from prize-winning novelist Jose Saramago. In 1551, King Joo III of Portugal provided Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. In Jose Saramago's remarkable and imaginative retelling, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, get started in dismal conditions, forgotten in a corner of the palace grounds. When it occurs to the ruler and queen that an elephant would be an appropriate wedding surprise, everyone rushes to have them ready: Subhro is given two new suits of clothes and Solomon an extended overdue scrub. Accompanied by the Archduke, his new wife, and the royal shield, these improbable heroes traverse a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars, observed on the way by scholars, historians, and wide-eyed normal people as they make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy; they brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Goes by; over the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River; and at last, toward their grand admittance in to the imperial city.
