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The Old Man and the Sea

By: Ernest Hemingway
Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
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2007 Audie Award Finalist for Solo Narration—Male

Ernest Hemingway's most beloved and popular novel, this Pulitzer Prize–winning American classic follows a Cuban fisherman’s elemental struggle with a giant marlin in a timeless story of courage, resilience, loss, and personal triumph.

The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the most enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.

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 20th-century American classic about resilience, courage, and survival. Written in 1952, this hugely successful short classic novel confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Sea Adventures Adventure Heartfelt Inspiring Fishing
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The endurance and persistence of the human spirit, the injustice and brutality of life, facing mortality, take your pick! A classic, economically written and melodically and soothingly narrated.

Just wonderful....

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I struggle to find time to read with two small children around but I listened to this in one sitting. Fantastic storytelling.

A classic and it's clear why

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So atmospheric, you can feel the entire scene and locale. Quite thought provoking as a look at ageing in a young man's profession. Absolutely loved it, and the lazy droll tones of Don Sutherland are a match made in heaven.

atmospheric, transports you to the location.

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Well, what a class wee book, loved it
So simple! Will need to dive into another, what is the best Hemingway?

1st Hemingway

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Sutherland nails it. perfect voice for a perfect short story. one of those books that gets better each time

perfect

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