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The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Start date: July 4, 2015

Finish date: July 9, 2015

Discussion: . Week 18: Pulitzer Book

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. Week 18: Pulitzer Book

* Week 18: Progress Post
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* Week 18: Introduction
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Mar 11, 2011 Joy Gerbode rated it liked it

I read this book in high school and hated it ... but I don't remember why, so I'm going to tackle it again
OK ... finished it again. And this time I had to admit it wasn't horrible. I'm sure I didn't get all the symbolism and theme messages that were there, but it was definitely a story of the struggle between life and death, between man and nature, between success and failure. I don't know that I benefited from reading the book; the religious imagery didn't impress me (though the bleeding hands, ...more

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Oct 10, 2014 Mary Anne rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book, fiction, audible, classic

I think this is the first book I've finished by Ernest Hemingway. He may not be for me. But I'm glad I got through it. A lot of description. I expect in context it's quite a bit more brilliant than I'm giving it credit for.

Also Donald Sutherland's reading of this was mostly good. He sounded rather exhausted most of the time, but I suppose that's the tone of the book. ...more

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