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Old Man and the Sea
Contributor(s): Hemingway, Ernest (Author)

ISBN: 0684801221 ISBN-13: 9780684801223
Publisher: Scribner Book Company

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1995
Annotation: Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Sea Stories
- Fiction | Literary

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 95148450

Lexile Measure: 940(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.8" L (0.20 lbs) 128 pages

Themes:
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
- Catalog Heading - Classics
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
- Topical - Home Schooling

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/1995 pg. 138
Newsweek 12/03/2007 pg. 20
People Weekly 05/25/2009 pg. 53
People Weekly 04/21/2014 pg. 56

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 5994
Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize*
"A beautiful tale, awash in the seasalt and sweat, bait and beer of the Havana coast. It tells a fundamental human truth: in a volatile world, from our first breath to our last wish, through triumphs and pitfalls both trivial and profound, what sustains us, ultimately, is hope." --The Guardian

The last of his novels Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. The story of a down-on-his-luck Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal--a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream--has been cherished by generations of readers.

Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of adversity and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic. First published in 1952, this hugely popular tale confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Contributor Bio(s): Hemingway, Ernest: - Ernest Hemingway did more to influence the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established him as one of the greatest literary lights of the 20th century. His classic novella The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He died in 1961.

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