Ernest Hemingway's most beloved and popular novel—now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.
The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. 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.
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. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novel confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
The Odyssey of The Common Man
"Quintessential for Hemingway, an incomparable author who can always show you fear in a handful of dust. The story focuses on a quiet, insignificant life, but through Hemingway's prose, a dime-a-dozen man is transfigured into a Homerian hero for one exhilarating night. It's a Cinderella-esque tale, with all the awesome splendor and excitement, but there are no magical pumpkins or slippers. Instead, it's Hemingway's remarkably sparse, undecorated prose that evokes torrential emotion and an awe-inspiring vastness to the text. His ability to stir up the most fascinating ideas and feelings from such scant, plain prose has never been as thrilling as it is in The Old Man and The Sea. You will taste the iron tang of a freshly gutted fish, feel the irate burn of a taut rope bound across your bare chest, and exhaust yourself with the entire scope of Sisyphus' eternal frustration and joy in a smattering of pages that has rightfully cemented Hemingway's status as one of America's great authors."
