Old Man and the Sea

A Scribner Classics Edition

Told in his famed powerful and minimalist prose, this story of courage and personal triumph remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works.

The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, 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, on the water for months without a catch, but refusing to stop trying.

Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the timeless theme of courage and commitment in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his talent and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Author: Ernest Hemingway
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 06/10/1996
Series: Hemingway Library Edition
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.33w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780684830490
Language: English