Old Man and the Sea -- Ernest Hemingway, Paperback

*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize*
"A beautiful tale, awash in the seasalt and sweat, bait and beer of the Havana coast. It tells a fundamental human truth: in a volatile world, from our first breath to our last wish, through triumphs and pitfalls both trivial and profound, what sustains us, ultimately, is hope." --The Guardian

The last of his novels Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. The story of a down-on-his-luck Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal--a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream--has been cherished by generations of readers.

Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of adversity and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic. First published in 1952, this hugely popular tale confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 05/05/1995
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780684801223

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5994 / Old Man and the Sea


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/1995 pg. 138
Newsweek 12/03/2007 pg. 20
People Weekly 05/25/2009 pg. 53
People Weekly 04/21/2014 pg. 56

About the Author
Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Hemingway. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961.