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The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

Author: Ernest Hemingway
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Folio Pages: 149
Price: € 4.60

You want my dead fish, "thought the old man. It is your right. Comrade, I've never seen anything bigger, or more noble, or calmer, or more beautiful than you. Go, go, kill me. I do not care which one of us kills the other. What am I saying? he thought. Now I'm off track. Must keep a cool head. Keeps a cool head and endure your pain like a man. Or like a fish.

Classic American Literature, Pulitzer Prize 1953, Nobel Prize 1954, the Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman who has caught nothing for 84 days. Santiago fished before with a young boy, Manolin. But it was forced by his father to leave Santiago, accused of bringing bad luck, and engage in the crew of a sinner more important. So in this 85th day without fish, like every morning, alone with his hand Santagio boat facing the sea in the hope of a miraculous catch of fish which would restore the esteem of all. It starts far offshore, where he knows he can catch a big fish. And when the fish finally bites, Santiago realizes that this is the biggest swordfish he had ever seen. The battle between the old man and the fish begins. It will last three days. Three intense days after which the old man, with courage and selflessness, will succeed in defeating his opponent. Unfortunately, while Santiago brings his catch, the sharks begin to attack. Santiago will throw his last forces in this ultimate battle against predators ...

Told like this, this story does not seem cavorting but make no mistake, the old man and the sea is a little gem full of poetry. It is a book that speaks of humility, courage, dignity, self respect, very simple, with the words of an old Cuban fisherman. The style is simple but direct. It goes right to the heart. Hemingway wrote this book while traveling in Cuba and so he has a side almost documentary. We guess that the old sinner had to exist, that his newspaper was that of many other sinners. The descriptions are almost photographic.

The old man was thin and dry, with rides like a knife on her neck. Brown spots of this harmless skin cancer caused by the reflection of sunlight on the sea Tropical marked his cheeks and they almost entirely covered both sides of his face and his hands bore the deep cuts made by ropes at the end of which is discuss the heavy fish. But none of these cuts was recently: they were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.

This impression is reinforced by the absence of chapters. Very short, less than 150 pages, the book should ideally read in one sitting. The Old Man and the Sea is an invitation to travel and discover a book tender and cruel, to read and reread without moderation.