Mike reviewed The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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5 stars
First time reading it since high school. Still a great book.
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Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea is a novella written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cayo Blanco (Cuba), and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
Utsob Roy reviewed The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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5 stars
Simply amazing...
MaidMerry reviewed The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
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5 stars
It's easy to see why this story is such a classic. It is a perfect example of a classical story arc. Like his old man, Hemingway baits and sets his line and plays the reader with perfect skill and timing. The story has pathos, suspense, and a well-drawn and sympathetic protagonist. The conflict is elemental and so basic as to be almost "bare bones" (pun intended). As usual, Hemingway's language is clean and simple, each word so aptly chosen, he makes one do the work for which other writers need ten.
It's been a long time since I've read Hemingway, and I won't let such a lapse occur again.
