Description
The book that won Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature
'It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought'
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.
'The best story Hemingway has written. No page of this beautiful master-work could have been done better or differently' -- Sunday Times
'The writing is as taut, and at the same time as lithe and cunningly played out, as the line on which the old man plays the fish' -- Guardian
Book Details
Format: |
Paperback |
Number of Pages: |
112 |
ISBN: |
9780099273967 |
Published: |
4 Feb 1999 |
Dimensions: |
193 x 119 x 8 (mm) |
Language: |
English |