Hardcover, 114 pages
Czech language
Published 1957 by Československý spisovatel.
Starý rybář vyjíždí na sklonku svých dní na moře, přemůže obrovskou velrybu a vrací se s její kostrou, když byl jeho úlovek napaden žraloky. V tomto prostém ději je symbolisován odvěký zápas člověka s přírodou, nezadržitelnost ovládání přírody člověkem. Stařec ač sám uprostřed širokých vod, s nimiž srostl a dokonale je zná, není sám. Myslí na chlapce, kterého učil lovit, ví, že se o něj na břehu starají druzi. Vrací se z lovu s prázdnou vysílen a raněn. Přesto jeho příběh není pesimistický, naopak, brzy se s chlapcem vydají na nový lov. Novela (v r. 1954 Nobelova cena) výrazně ukazuje osobitý autorův vztah ke světu, způsob jeho vidění reality i způsob vyjádření. Je to oslava lidské statečnosti a houževnatosti s apotheosou lidské družnosti a závěrečném doslovu stručná charakteristika autorova života a díla.
My first Hemingway. I never even realized how short this book was. A very simple story. A nice time. A meditation on stoicism, man’s role in nature (how much are we allowed to take?), etc. I can’t pretend to know what all the deeper meaning is (if there is any), but I enjoyed my time with Santiago a lot.
Definitely will read more Hemingway.
Ernest Hemingway is a very descriptive writer and yet he manages to do this with very few adjectives or adverbs. I just finished The Old Man and The Sea, which I thought was really well written, though the topic wasn’t something I would normally enjoy or relate to. Hemingway really perfected the art of writing and it was a joy to read. Hemingway painted a literary picture which felt like I was right there with the Man and the giant marlin. This technique made this a more emotional story. The old man,Santiago, was considered an unlucky fisherman and the story follows his journey into catching a big fish. I think Hemingway described the book best when he said; “No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in. … I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real …
Ernest Hemingway is a very descriptive writer and yet he manages to do this with very few adjectives or adverbs. I just finished The Old Man and The Sea, which I thought was really well written, though the topic wasn’t something I would normally enjoy or relate to. Hemingway really perfected the art of writing and it was a joy to read. Hemingway painted a literary picture which felt like I was right there with the Man and the giant marlin. This technique made this a more emotional story. The old man,Santiago, was considered an unlucky fisherman and the story follows his journey into catching a big fish. I think Hemingway described the book best when he said; “No good book has ever been written that has in it symbols arrived at beforehand and stuck in. … I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea and a real fish and real sharks. But if I made them good and true enough they would mean many things”.
