Book :: The Old Man and the Sea
| By: | Ernest Hemingway |
| Pages: | 96 |
| Published: | 1952 |
| Genre(s): | American |
| Adventure | |
| Award(s): | Nobel Prize in Literature (1954) |
| Pulitzer Prize (1953) | |
| Rating: | (25) |
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The last major work produced by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953. Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, has gone 84 days without catching a fish. Confident that his bad luck is at an end, he sets off alone, far into the Gulf Stream, to fish. Santiago’ s faith is rewarded, and he quickly hooks a marlin…a marlin so big he is unable to pull it in and...
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Polilla-Lynn
I read this book so long ago, when I was a student, but it left an impression on me of the resiliency and sorrow found in the old fisherman. It's an amazing story, worth reading.
Oct 14th, 2019
Tejas Nair
May have contributed for Hemingway's Nobel Prize, but it is just an average account of an old man's adventure and the distance he goes to prove his skill, which is fishing. Very nicely written, though.
Nov 20th, 2014
Shadow25729
I think that I may be one of the only people who legitimately enjoyed this book. Though, it was not the story that held my attention, but, rather the way the story was written. The language is beautiful, allowing me to see the world that Hemingway created.
May 14th, 2014
theTYTAN3
A great ride that teaches some excellent life lessons along the way. I read it one sitting and I don't particularly care for fishing tales.
Nov 17th, 2013
bookinginheels
I have to admit to not really enjoying The Old Man and the Sea much. For one thing, I don't like fish in the slightest. I once had a panic attack in a pet shop because I felt like they were crowding me. And yes, yes - a story about a fisherman has fish in it!? I know, I was as surprised as you... Normally I can deal with them in literature, but this has some fairly graphic fishness that I Really Did Not Like. At one point Santiago has his head stuck inside a gutted dolphin. Fish aside, as I understand that not everybody is as broken as me, it's still just an alright story. It does tell a story at least - there's a beginning, a middle and an end - and it's not some rambling diatribe on the meaning of life. The ending is rather anti-climactic, rendering the whole novella almost pointless. Basically, I doubt that you'll genuinely enjoy this unless you a) enjoy fishing or b) want to search for hidden meaning. I know that I've come across as quite disparaging, but The Old Man and the Sea just wasn't for me.
Apr 1st, 2013
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