Estimated Reading Time 1 Minutes
Publisher: Scribner; Illustrated edition (July 21, 2020)
Hardcover : 160 pages
ISBN: 978-1476787848
Thoughts: This is a short read that you can finish in an afternoon. In this tale of inward struggle and personal triumph, an old fisherman reaches within the depths of himself to fight the good fight and wrestle with the fish of his dreams alone on the ocean. It’s a great book if you are looking for some inspiration in dealing with personal trials. I’ve come back to this book 2-3 times now and really enjoyed each experience.
First sentence: He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
Favorite Quote From the Book: Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.
Summary from Amazon.com:
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, down on his luck, 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. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novel confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
