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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
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Description for The Old Man and the Sea
Paperback. The old man has gone 84 days without catching a fish, everything about him is old except his eyes, they are the colour of the sea. He finally catches a fish, but this is no ordinary fish, nor is his fierce and determined response. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 66.
One of the greatest novels of the 20th century by one of the greatest writers in American history - THE BOOK THAT WON ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish.
Here, in a perfectly crafted story, is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives. Not a single word is superfluous in this widely admired masterpiece, which once and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099908401
SKU
9780099908401
Shipping Time
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About Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was born in Chicago in 1899 as the son of a doctor and the second of six children. After a stint as an ambulance driver at the Italian front, Hemingway came home to America in 1919, only to return to the battlefield – this time as a reporter on the Greco-Turkish war – in 1922. Resigning from ... Read more
Reviews for The Old Man and the Sea
It is unsurpassed in Hemingway's oeuvre. Every word tells and there is not a word too many A quite wonderful example of narrative art. The writing is as taut, and at the same time as lithe and cunningly played out, as the line on which the old man plays the fish
Guardian
The best story Hemingway has written...No ... Read more
Guardian
The best story Hemingway has written...No ... Read more