Paperback, 100 pages
Norsk bokmål language
Published Dec. 31, 2007 by Gyldendal.
The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cayo Blanco (Cuba), and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
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”.
