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Old Man and the Sea (Special)
Old Man and the Sea (Special) | Ernest Hemingway
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The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, "The Old Man and the Sea" has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic.
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First read was 56 years ago (required by HS) - I had neither patience nor stamina for it despite the fact that it was less than 200 pages. Why would I? Though I‘ve experienced all of that by now; in 1968 I‘d never had a fishing experience, never been far out into the Gulf of Mexico, knew nothing of Spanish language or culture, and did not even know an “old man”. Read it again yesterday. Quelle difference! Cont‘d in comments👇🏻

Eggs Universal, enduring, powerful and classically existential. Highly recommend. #LitsyLove #ReadAway2024 9mo
maich I read it in January for the fist time and loveed it. ❤️ 9mo
Eggs @maich 🙌🏻🙌🏻 9mo
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DieAReader 🥳🤓❤️‍🔥 9mo
TheBookgeekFrau Hmmmm, I might have to give it another go. Read it in HS, too, and felt the way you did. I think most students did/do 😂 9mo
MemoirsForMe This was one of my faves too by Hemingway. Did you see the movie? Spencer Tracy was really good in it. 9mo
Eggs @DieAReader 😍☺️🥳 8mo
Eggs @TheBookgeekFrau Agree 🦈🩵 🌊 8mo
Eggs @UwannaPublishme Have not seen the film - I‘ll check it out. Thanks 😊 8mo
julieclair Oohhh… time to give it another try. Stacked! What made you decide to re-read it? 8mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 8mo
Eggs @julieclair I had just read The Sun Also Rises and In Our Time 👎🏼 so I wanted to see if Old Man had aged well… 8mo
Eggs @Andrew65 🥰🥳🤗 8mo
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rwrkb
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Just finished my first re-read of The Old Man in the Sea for the first time in over a decade. Still fills me with a love for words.

BookishMarginalia I read this in seventh grade and hated it. Haven't reread. Maybe should. 8y
rwrkb That's about the age I first read it and fell in love. I have no interest in fishing but the struggle for a man's relevance touched me, I think and Hemingway's elegant inelegance always gets me. 8y
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