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Il vecchio e il mare narra una storia semplice, di quelle che riassunte perdono completamente di contenuto ed essenza. C'è un vecchio pescatore che non riesce a catturare pesci da più di 80 giorni e c'è il mare, che sembra averlo maledetto e volerlo sconfiggere. In mezzo a tutto questo ci sono pagine che corrono velocissime, un ritmo che aumenta man mano che il romanzo avanza e soprattutto c'è la tenacia e la dignità del vecchio Santiago che si gioca tutto pur di ritornare ad essere il pescatore
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Hook, line, and sinker.
The Old Man and the Sea is a novella – a short novel or a long short story. The book received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953. It was Ernest Hemingway's last novel published prior to his death in 1961, and one of his most popular books. It is a story about the battle between the old Cuban fisherman Santiago and a large marlin in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. And it reeled me in all the way. ...more
The Old Man and the Sea is a novella – a short novel or a long short story. The book received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953. It was Ernest Hemingway's last novel published prior to his death in 1961, and one of his most popular books. It is a story about the battle between the old Cuban fisherman Santiago and a large marlin in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. And it reeled me in all the way. ...more
Oh, how I loved this story. One of the most beautifully written books I have ever read. I loved the simplicity of this beautiful book, and I also loved Santiago's self dialogue.
It's a simple tale of a man and his fight to catch a giant fish. But yet, there's SOOOOO much more.
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It's a simple tale of a man and his fight to catch a giant fish. But yet, there's SOOOOO much more.
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This is the first novel by Hemingway I’ve read and I am not impressed. This was a boring (but short) story of (you guessed it) an old man fishing on the sea. The book was under 130 pages and basically only contains his fight with a gigantic fish he’s trying to catch. Maybe I’m missing something? Why is this a classic? I will say the language is very approachable and it was an easy read.
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