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 magnificnet twentieth-century classic.

Item # 68480122

Publisher: Scribner Book Company

ISBN: 9780684801223

Binding: Paperback

Author: Hemingway, Ernest

Audience Type: Adults

Published On: 05-05-1995

Pages: 128

Weight: 0.20 pounds

Dimensions: 7.80 x 5.20 x 0.40 inches