The Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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 for all established his place as one of the giants of modern literature.
It is unsurpassed in Hemingway's oeuvreEvery 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 page of this beautiful master-work could have been done better or differently. * Sunday Times *
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 page of this beautiful master-work could have been done better or differently. * Sunday Times *
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 journalism to focus on his writing instead, he moved to Paris where he renewed his earlier friendship with fellow American expatriates such as Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein. Through the years, Hemingway travelled widely and wrote avidly, becoming an internationally recognized literary master of his craft. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, following the publication of The Old Man and the Sea. He died in 1961.
| SKU | GOR001251628 |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099908401 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099908409 |
| Title | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Author | Ernest Hemingway |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 1994-08-18 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Prizes | Winner of Pulitzer Prize Novel Category 1953 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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