An edition of The Old Man and the Sea
(1952)
The old man and the sea
by Ernest Hemingway
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Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who encounters a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream and the battle for his catch becomes one of survival against a band of marauding sharks.
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American Sea stories, Male friendship, Fishers, Fiction, Ameriška književnost, American fiction, Ancianos, Open Library Staff Picks, Fishing stories, Pescadores, Older men, open_syllabus_project, Kratka proza, Friendship, Amistad entre hombres, Ficción, Bildungsromans, American literature, Libros en letra grande, Alegorías, Historias de aventuras, Novela, Literatura estadounidense, Novela estadounidense, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Cuba, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Large type books, Old man and the sea (Hemingway, Ernest), Hombres, Amistad, Allegories, Metaphorical tales, Big game fishing, Aged men, Psychology, History and criticism, American Fishing stories, Older men in literature, Translations from English, Chinese fiction, Marlins, Courage in men, Pêcheurs, Romans, nouvelles, Hommes âgés, Sea stories, Translations into Swahili, Swahili fiction, Fishers--cuba--fiction, Older men--cuba--fiction, Friendship--fiction, Fishers--fiction, Older men--fiction, Male friendship--fiction, Ps3515.e37 o4 1995, 813/.52People
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)Places
Cuba, Gulf Stream, Straits of Florida, SwahiliTimes
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Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements.
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