| Countless words have been written about The
Old Man and the Sea since it was originally published, it's doubtful
that we'd be able to add anything substantive ourselves, and we're not
going to try. However, along with all of it's well-recognized literary
merits, Mr. Hemingway's short novel describing in agonizing detail the
struggle of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman, to land a giant marlin
unerringly captures the complex relationships between fishermen, the fish
they catch, and the sea that is such an important part of their lives.
 We've
excerpted a few pages that chronicle Santiago's battle with the fish.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1952 |
