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Old Man & the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
"The Old Man and the Sea" (1952) was Ernest Hemingway's last work. It was for this work that he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Ernest Hemingway's classic novella, "The Old Man and the Sea" is one of his most famous works. It was a bestseller when it was first published, and William Faulkner said of the work, "Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us, I mean his and my contemporaries." Read more about "The Old Man and the Sea" with these top books.
Ernest Hemingway Biography
(1899-1961) American writer. Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He was famous for his novels, short stories and essays.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea was an enormous success for Ernest Hemingway when it was published in 1952. At first glance, the story appears to be an extremely simple story of an old Cuban fisherman (Santiago), who catches an enormously large fish then loses it again. But, there's much more to the story than that... Read more about The Old Man and the Sea.