Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Old Man And The Sea


Book Review.
Hemingway, Ernest.  The Old Man And The Sea.  Charles Scriber’s Sons Pub.  1952.
Comment. Henry.
A (retired) friend loaned me his copy of this book that he had as a text book in his high school days.  I enjoyed reading this classic.  The struggle of the old fisherman to do one more fishing excursion (by himself) to catch the really big fish makes for a pleasant reading experience.  The fact that he lost the fish to predators on his way back to shore does not take away from his accomplishment as a fisherman.  His relationship with “the boy” adds a meaningful cross-generational element to the novel.  Hemingway is an author that I have added to my book-search hobby.
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