The Elephant's Journey

Author's name: José Saramago Publisher: Al-Jamal Publications for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2018 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: The global novelist "José Saramago" draws his novel "The Elephant's Journey" from a famous historical event that occurred in the sixteenth century, when the King of Portugal in 1561 gifted the Emperor's son-in-law "Charles Cupon" an enormous elephant called "Salmon," so he began a long journey passing through lands untouched by human feet, so "Salmon" remains the true hero of this novel and becomes in his journey a living symbol and indicator of Europe, which was a victim of conflicts and the spread of the Inquisition.