The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, 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. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature.
year: 1987, 1996, 1995, 1980, 2008, 2006, 2004, 1968, 1952, 1975, 1999, 1961, 2020
call number/section: 1000, 813
subjects: sea stories, older men, cuba, fiction, fishers, friendship, elderly men, cuba, fiction, male friendship, fiction, fishermen, fiction, aged men, fishing, fishing stories, allegories
Editions
Hemingway, Ernest
Collier Books (1987)
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.
Schools: 3
Hemingway, Ernest
Scribner (1996)
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.
Schools: 8
Hemingway, Ernest
Scribner Paperback Fiction (1995)
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.
Schools: 40
Hemingway, Ernest
C. Scribner's Sons (1980)
Schools: 3
Hemingway, Ernest
Recorded Books (2008)
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.
Schools: 1
Hemingway, Ernest
Recorded Books (2006)
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, 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. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for literature.
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
Arrow Books (2004)
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.
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
The story of an old Cuban fisherman and his battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
Schools: 6
Hemingway, Ernest
Charles Scribner's Sons (1968)
In this beautiful, symbolic story an old fisherman catches a giant marlin, only to have sharks strip it to the bone.
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
Scribner (1952)
A fisherman catches a giant marlin, only to have sharks strip it to the bone.
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
Scribner (1952)
An old fisherman catches a giant marlin, only to have sharks strip it to the bone.
Schools: 6
Hemingway, Ernest
Franklin Library (1975)
Schools: 0
Bloom, Harold
Chelsea House Publishers (1999)
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
Scribner (1961)
Schools: 0
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.
Schools: 7
Hemingway, Ernest
Franklin Library (1975)
Schools: 0
Hemingway, Ernest
Schools: 1
Hemingway, Ernest
Schools: 1
Hemingway, Ernest
Scribner (2020)
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring home the giant marlin he caught.
Schools: 1