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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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Book name: The Old Man and the Sea (2024)
Category: Classics
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Pages: 96 pages
ISBN13: 0684830493
ISBN: 0684830493
Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 1996, 8 a.m.
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses—specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

13 books

Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image. Most of Hemingway's works were published between the mid-1920s and mid-1950s, including seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works. His writings have become classics of American literature;… Read more