About the Book: Best of Ernest Hemingway
One of Hemingways most enduring writings is The Old Man and the Sea. Its the
storey of a down-on-his-luck old Cuban fisherman and his ultimate experience, a
relentless, excruciating battle with a gigantic marlin far out in the Gulf
Stream, told in language of remarkable simplicity and power. Hemingway recasts
the old theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal success achieved
through loss, in a stunningly contemporary language. This tremendously famous
novella, written in 1952, underlined Hemingways influence and presence in the
literary world and helped him earn the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.