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The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

Start date: July 1, 2017

Finish date: July 31, 2017

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Jul 23, 2018 Kenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: hemingway, short-stories-novellas, nobel-prize, classics

"But man is not made for defeat" he said. "A man can be destroyed, but not defeated."
The Old Man and the Sea ~~~ Ernest Hemingway

I first encountered Hemingway in college while taking a humanities class; the professor had us read Hemingway’s The Nick Adams Stories . I fell in love with Hemingway’s short stories. I wrote an impassioned paper on the character of Nick and received an “A” for my efforts. Throughout the years, I have returned to Hemingway’s short stories, and novellas, and I ...more

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Oct 28, 2017 Renate rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, classics, 4bc

In sparse and vivid prose an old man's fishing trip is described. Through his poignant relationship with a young boy and his thoughts while all alone, far out at sea, one gets to know him and the tough life he leads. It is brutal. But the old man's love for, and intimate connection to the elements and the beasts of the ocean makes it utterly beautiful. I found myself completely drawn in, losing all sense of where I was. Everything was so vividly described.

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Jul 21, 2017 Dave rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classic-lit

A hero's journey Hemingway style. This is the perfect novella - there is just one train of thought running the whole time on the journey. Its spare and stripped down. Hemingway takes you along for a fantastic dream. You wake up in the same place as you were but different. ...more

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