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The Old Man and the Sea

ID 285814
Slug old-man-and-the-sea-ernest-hemingway
Contributors
Author : Ernest Hemingway
Annotation <P> The prize-winning tale, set in Havana, about an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. New cover reissue. </P>
Description <p><!--StartFragment--><em>The Old Man and the Sea</em> is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. <br /><br />Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.<!--EndFragment--></p>
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Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Vintage UK
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 112
Duration
Publication date first 1999-02-01
Publication date latest 2007-09-20
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  • ISBN: 9780099273967 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9780099908401 (BC)

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