– "The Old Man and the Sea" is a short story be Ernest Hemingway set over several days in the life of an aged Cuban fisherman. This fisherman is the Old Man in the title and is only ever referred to in the story as the Old Man, as his companion is referred to as the Young Boy. The Old Man is very down on his luck and hasn't caught a fish in 84 days. Because of this the Boy is not allowed by his parents to fish with the Old Man any longer, but they still rely on each other, continuing their friendship without the Boy's concent. "The Old Man and the Sea" is a very touching and simple story of friendship based around their love of fishing, baseball and though never spoken, one another. I broke down the plot of the novel very easy and uncomplicated, and though the plot appears easy and short, it's the magnificent writing that makes "The Old Man and the Sea" a classic, in fact a masterpiece! A short and rather easy read, yet a classic of magnitude!
Old Man and the Sea
«It is unsurpassed in Hemingway's oeuvre. Every word tells and there is not a word too many»
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 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
Kundevurdering:
Den cubanske fiskeren Santiago har lenge vært sviktet av fiskelykken, men så endelig en dag gjør han sitt livs store fangst. Han får på kroken den kjempefisken som alle har snakket om, en enorm sverdfisk, som er to fot lengre enn båten hans. Det blir en lang og desperat kamp mellom mann og fisk som fører Santiago langt til havs med fisken forankret til båten. ¿The old man and the sea¿ er en av de beste bøkene jeg noen gang har lest. Den er vidunderlig godt skrevet, med et rikt og nesten poetisk språk, og skildrer på en utrolig følsom måte kampen mellom Santiago og sverdfisken. Det er en bok jeg har lest flere ganger, og som jeg fryder meg like mye over hver eneste gang.fredø
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Vintage Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 112
- ISBN
- 9780099273967
- Utgivelsesår
- 1999
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«It is unsurpassed in Hemingway's oeuvre. Every word tells and there is not a word too many»
«A quite wonderful example of narrative art. 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
«Hemingway’s masterpiece is one of the first serious books I remember reading… I find its themes deeply moving… it’s short, direct, and full of emotional depth»
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– Den cubanske fiskeren Santiago har lenge vært sviktet av fiskelykken, men så endelig en dag gjør han sitt livs store fangst. Han får på kroken den kjempefisken som alle har snakket om, en enorm sverdfisk, som er to fot lengre enn båten hans. Det blir en lang og desperat kamp mellom mann og fisk som fører Santiago langt til havs med fisken forankret til båten. ¿The old man and the sea¿ er en av de beste bøkene jeg noen gang har lest. Den er vidunderlig godt skrevet, med et rikt og nesten poetisk språk, og skildrer på en utrolig følsom måte kampen mellom Santiago og sverdfisken. Det er en bok jeg har lest flere ganger, og som jeg fryder meg like mye over hver eneste gang.