Description

The book beautifully depicted the story of a battle
between an aging, experienced fisherman, Santiago,
and a large marlin fish. Using the simple, powerful
language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless
themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal
triumph won from loss and transforms them into a
magnificent twentieth-century classic. The book
received Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953, and was
specifically cited when in 1954 Hemingway was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Simple and
powerful language, astonishing narrating style and
inspirational theme make the book a must read.