The Old Man and the Sea
by Hemingway, Ernest
Edition statement:1st Published by : Scribner (New York ) Physical details: 126 Pages 21x13 cm | PB ISBN:9780684801229. Year: 2003| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Fiction | Fiction | 813.52 H487O 2003 (Browse shelf) | Available | 18255 |
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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