The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

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The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic.
  • ISBN10 0684830493
  • ISBN13 9780684830490
  • Publish Date 10 June 1996 (first published 1 January 1950)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Edition Classic ed.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 96
  • Language English