| Old Man and the Sea Contributor(s): Hemingway, Ernest (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684801221 ISBN-13: 9780684801223 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1995 Annotation: Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Sea Stories - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95148450 |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.8" (0.20 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5994 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: *Winner of the Pulitzer Prize* "A beautiful tale, awash in the seasalt and sweat, bait and beer of the Havana coast. It tells a fundamental human truth: in a volatile world, from our first breath to our last wish, through triumphs and pitfalls both trivial and profound, what sustains us, ultimately, is hope." --The Guardian The last of his novels Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. The story of a down-on-his-luck Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal--a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream--has been cherished by generations of readers. Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of adversity and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic. First published in 1952, this hugely popular tale confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hemingway, Ernest: - Ernest Hemingway did more to influence the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established him as one of the greatest literary lights of the 20th century. His classic novella The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He died in 1961. |