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Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements.
| ISBN | 0099273969 | | Weight (grammes) | 90 | | ISBN13 | 9780099273967
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Vintage | | Series editor | Varey, J.E. | | Imprint | Vintage | | Series ISSN | 0959-948 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Vintage Classics | | Publication date | 01 Mar 1999 | | Previous ISBN | 9780099908401 | | Non-book description | B | | Height (mm) | 200 | | DEWEY | 813.52 | | Width (mm) | 132 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Spine width (mm) | 7 | | Pages | 112 | | Academic level | General |
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"'The best story Hemingway has written...No page of this beautiful master-work could have been done better or differently' Sunday Times" Uncomplicated, short, simplistic writing, yet every time I read this book I feel the sun beating down on my face. I smell the ocean as the great marlin fights against its tether, the line cutting into my hands as the boat is dragged along. This is without doubt, one of the greatest short literary works of the twentieth century. - Ian ParkinsonAs a lit teacher I had a 17-yr-old pupil who couldn't make up his mind what novel to choose for a report. Had never read a novel. I made him read this one. He was so fascinated he couldn't put it down till it was over. He wouldn't have thought it was possible. He thanked me for making him do it. - Ulf Nome Write a review
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