Citations:oliphant

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English citations of oliphant

  • 1977 — As he duels, our hero has already forgotten his mission, when high over the forest a trumpet sounds resembling that of the Angel of Judgement in the Arcanum known as The Judgment and also as The Angel: it is the oliphant that calls the faithful followers of The Emperor together. — Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Part 2, Chapter 4, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.