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The Old Man And The SeaThe Old Man And The SeaSettingSettingThe Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by the Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba,and published in 1952.This book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.Plot summaryPlot summaryThis book talked about Cuba,an old fisherman named Santiago,a man alone at sea fishing,in nothing caught 84 days after the Marlins had an immeasurable.This is the old saw has never heard of,and the boat is longer than his two feet of a big fish.Fresh fish is very large,dragging the boat drifted for a whole three days and three nights,the elderly in these three days and three nights have never experienced a difficult stand the test of big fish finally stabbed to death,tied to the bow.However,when the unfortunate return of the shark,the elderly and the shark had fought back against the end,the big marlin,or been eaten by sharks,and the elderly experienced some hardships,Finally dragged home,only a bare skeleton and a fish of the injury,they still got appreciation from people.Famous remarkFamous remark it was too good to last,he thought.I wish it had been a dream now and that I had never hooked the fish and was alone in bed om the newspapers.but man is not made for defeat,but man is not made for defeat,he said.A A man can be destroyed but not defeated.man can be destroyed but not defeated.Comment from AmanzonComment from AmanzonAside from a few short stories,The Old Man and the Sea is the first Hemingway book that I have read.Of course,I am familiar with his persona,and the idea of the Hemingway man,and was well aware as his stature as one of the greatest writers of modern times.But I had never read his books.Wow.I mean,really.Wow.With The Old Man and the Sea,it is so easy to see why Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize,and why he deserves all of his accolades.This short novel is fierce,full of vibrant energy and humanity,all the while being a slave to the realities of finite power,of the inability to struggle against something greater than yourself.Of course,this is the standard man against nature story,but it is told with such craft that even cliches ring true.Santiago is a fully-realized character.His strength of will is all that holds together his failing body.The great marlin that he struggles with is like a true fish,lacking personality or anthropomorphism,but just a powerful beast that does not want to die.There is no Moby Dick animosity,and the fish is under the water for the majority of the struggle.All of it,the sharks,the flying fish,the small boat and the ocean,each is what it is,lacking metaphor and saying that life itself is enough.No need to wax poetic.I never knew a story a little over 120 pages could pack such a punch.Hemingway captures the imagination and keeps the reader engaged with this tale.This is a great read for persons of all ages.An absolute read for any big game fisherman.Refreshingly simple and easy read that captures this moment and story and place with vivid detail.A good short story.Hemingway is a caster of spells via his language use.I loved every page as a reader and a writer.Comment from Ernest HemingwayComment from Ernest HemingwayNo good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in.I tried to make a real old man,a real boy,a real sea and a real fish and real sharks.But if I made them good and true enough they would mean many things.-Ernest Hemingway in 1954MoviesMoviesThe Old Man and the Sea has been adapted for the screen three times:a 1958 film starring Spencer Tracy,a 1990 miniseries starring Anthony Quinn,and a 1999 animated short film.1999 1990 1958PricePriceNow this book have very good price,just 10.93 dollar.Thank You for watching!Thank You for watching!