《大象旅行记》是1998年诺贝尔文学奖得主若泽·萨拉马戈晚年的重要作品,讲述一头来自印度的亚洲象被葡萄牙宫廷作为礼物送往维也纳。一路上,象夫与士兵护送着大象,经历了种种荒诞离奇的遭遇,最终历尽艰辛抵达目的地。小说根据真实事件改编,作者借大象之旅的见闻,从多个角度对社会进行了批判。权力的专横,教会的荒唐,民众的愚昧等都是作者关注的重点。而大象的旅行也是人生的譬 “Elephant Traveler” is an important piece in his later years written by Nobel Prize laureate José Saramago in 1998, telling that an Asian elephant from India was sent to Vienna by the Portuguese court as a gift. Along the way, elephants escorted elephants and soldiers, experiencing all kinds of absurd bizarre encounters, and finally went through arduous hardships to reach their destinations. According to the real story, the novel is based on the knowledge of the elephant journey and criticizes the society from many angles. Authoritarian power, church absurdity, public ignorance are the author’s focus. The elephant’s travel is also life’s example