BookMark: Julie Schumacher recommends Saramago’s “Elephant’s Journey”
It was 1551, and Archduke Maximilian got a wonderous wedding gift from King João III of Portugal: an elephant named Solomon.
“Dear Committe Members” author Julie Schumacher recommends Portuguese Nobel Lauaureate José Saramago’s retelling of this true tale.
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