The Old Man
and the Sea
by
Ernest Hemingway
 
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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