The Old Man and the Sea Unabridged Audio CD
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (719 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0857204521 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 3 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Told in language of great simplicity and power, 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. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. The Old Man and the Seais one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature.
In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. A half century later, it's still easy to see why. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords." Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame: Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. Ret
A New Discovery with Every Reading januarysend I have read this book several times, and each time I find some new meaning, something deeper than I had noticed before. No writer I know of could reach so far into the hearts of this boy and this old fisherman as Ernest Hemingway. The story speaks to something human that is indescribable, too deep for words. This time I was struck by the clash of the old man's excruciating fishing experience with the indiff. "Still great after all these years" according to KFinFL. This was one of about Still great after all these years This was one of about 3 required readings l read back in high school without resorting to the cheater book, 'The Monarch Guide' It is short enough to read in two nights even being the slow reader l am As a high school kid you can appreciate the 'learning from the old guy' thing going on with 'the boy' in the story l have always thought on the many impressions l got when l read it the first time, and l decid. required readings l read back in high school without resorting to the cheater book, 'The Monarch Guide' It is short enough to read in two nights even being the slow reader l am As a high school kid you can appreciate the 'learning from the old guy' thing going on with 'the boy' in the story l have always thought on the many impressions l got when l read it the first time, and l decid. Becket said A fish story. I am a writer and I write nautical and historical fiction. I read to learn the craft of fiction. When I write from a ship's master's point of view so much of the "action" is actually in the ship master's mind rather than physical action. "The Old Man and the Sea" is a masterpiece of writing about human introspection and internal dialog. It's amazing to me because Hemingway's use of English is terse but exce