The Old Man and the Sea

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A short novel about an aging Cuban fisherman's struggle with a giant marlin. Ernest Hemingway's Nobel Prize-winning work is a powerful meditation on courage, endurance, and the human spirit.

Language: English

Format: PAPERBACK

Pages: 127

Genre: Fiction

Plot

Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, has gone 84 days without catching a fish. On the 85th day, he hooks a massive marlin and struggles with it for three days. After finally killing the fish, he must fight off sharks that attack his catch on the way home. The novel explores themes of perseverance, honor, and the relationship between man and nature.

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Published in 1952, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Over 5 million copies sold worldwide

Nobel Prize in Literature winner (1954)

Adapted into a film in 1958

Translated into 30 languages

Considered one of Hemingway's greatest works

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