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| Original Title: | The Old Man and the Sea |
| ISBN: | 0684830493 (ISBN13: 9780684830490) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Santiago, Manolin |
| Setting: | Cuba |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1953), Premio Bancarella (1953), National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1953) |
Ernest Hemingway
Hardcover | Pages: 132 pages Rating: 3.77 | 771614 Users | 22998 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Author | : | Ernest Hemingway |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 132 pages |
| Published | : | 1996 by Scribner (first published September 1st 1952) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Politics. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir |
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This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses — specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.Rating Containing Books The Old Man and the Sea
Ratings: 3.77 From 771614 Users | 22998 ReviewsCritique Containing Books The Old Man and the Sea
3.5 stars but rounding it up because it's my first review for the new year. Happy 2016, Goodreaders! "No one should be alone in their old age. But it is unavoidable." And so the old man went to the ocean alone on his skiff to catch some fish but ended up being caught by the big fish instead, a fish so big, it controlled the skiff and took its own course at the sea. The big question is why didn't the old man just let go of the fish? It would have made his life easier. He was wise wasn't he?He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff on the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days without a fish. A masterpiece. I know that many many young people read this book and dont quite get what all the hoopla is about, but I think it is not written with young people primarily in mind. There is the boy that supports the old man, true, but as with other stories about old people facing hardshipKing Lear comes to mindI think other stories may connect better for kids. I know I read this as a
The wolves will come...I started this in high spirits as my updates show: "fifth re-read, how thrilling it is to plumb new depths in old wells of wisdom..."But, as I read on towards the last few pages, I couldn't shake the feeling that this is Moby Dick set in an alternate universe.In this alternate universe:The Giant Leviathan is a noble, unseen fish - steady and without malice.Captain Ahab is transformed into a gentle, wise old zen master. Santiago - a humble fisherman with no legendary crew
"But man is not made for defeat" he said. "A man can be destroyed, but not defeated." The Old Man and the Sea ~~ Ernest Hemingway Id first encountered Hemingway in college. I was taking a humanities class, and the professor had us read Hemingways The Nick Adams Stories . I fell in love with Hemingways short stories. I wrote an impassioned paper on the character of Nick and received an A for my efforts. Throughout the years, I have returned to Hemingways short stories, and novellas, and I have
Worst book ever.Just throw the fucking fish back in. Fuck.
Mymymble wrote: "I remember picking it up as a child and my mother glaring in displeasure. 'You're reading THAT?!..I don't like Hemingway.' I asked
no literally me. so frustrating
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