THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (PAPERBACK, REISSUE) IN CAPE TOWN

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 3 - 8 working days 'He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.' Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It was The Old Man and the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize of Literature. Here, in a perfectly crafted story is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of a man's challenge to the elements in which he lives. Features Summary Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, this is the story of an old man, a young boy, and a giant fish. This text won for Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature.. Author Ernest Hemingway Publisher Vintage Release date Pages 99 ISBN ISBN