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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
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Jeff Scott
Jun 14, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001books, fiction, about-writing, classics, favorites, short-books
I began reading this after I read part of the foreward of Vonnegut's Timequake. In it, he described how The Old Man and the Sea was Hemingway's metaphor for himself. You write the one big book and the critics rip it apart like sharks until there is nothing left. All the toil and effort mean nothing to a hungry shark.

One of Hemingway's best. If you hate Hemingway, you will still love this battle. This is everyone's story. Everyone's battle in life.

My favorite quotes:

"Every day is a new day. It ...more
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