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A taster from last year's edition:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw0OFwQzZ5o
Click here for part 2: Perched at 1000 metres
Click here for part 3: Lessons learned and lessons confirmed
Click here for part 4: Marco Olmo, ultramarathoner, is the guest runner
Click here for part 5: Technical information
The Elephant's Journey is based on a event which actually happened in the 1500s - the journey of an elephant - a gift form one royalty to another- from Portugal to Austria. Despite its historical background, this is mainly a work of fiction and a pleasant one at that too.
The author, who is also the a narrator of the story, embellishes the prose with elements of humour and occasional digressions. These, though, nearly always take the form of philosophical motes or insights into the workings of human nature.
What may be off-putting to anyone tackling a Saramago novel for the first time is the near absence of punctuation. Through personal experience I can say that after a few pages the reader will get accustomed to this unorthodox manner of writing; very rarely have I had to reread a couple of lines just to clarify who said what.
This is certainly the Jose Saramago I know and enjoy so this is reflected in my score of 9/10.
To conclude this series of posts about the 2-day Ecotrail della Luna event held in Caltavuturo, Sicily, on the 30th April and 1st May, here are the results.
Results for: the Saturday night race
Results for: the Sunday morning race
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Standing proudly for 2nd place in the 45-50 category
Local products as a prize
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No4CBqVepEQ
(video courtesy of Marco Brischetto)
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