The Old Man and the Sea
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FIHM3U |
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| Number of Pages | : | 171 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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januarysend said A New Discovery with Every Reading. 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. "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 th. 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 th. 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 intr
Ernest Hemingway took great pride in using an economy of carefully measured words and tightly wrought phrases in his writing. Charlton Heston is marvelous in this recording with his voice adding a quality and texture to Hemingway's words that will engage listeners completely.. A novella, The Old Man and Sea tells the story of an old fisherman, Santiago, and his long lusty struggle isn't so much over one fish, but the act of living--living fully, actively, robustly. Nominated for Grammy, this recording of The Old Man and Sea is perfect example of Hemingway's precision and is read here in its entirety by Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston
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. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. 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 m