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丕賱毓噩賵夭 賵丕賱亘丨乇
This short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses 鈥� specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1952
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Ernest Hemingway
2,002听books31.1k听followersErnest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image. Most of Hemingway's works were published between the mid-1920s and mid-1950s, including seven novels, six short-story collections and two non-fiction works. His writings have become classics of American literature; he was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature, while three of his novels, four short-story collections and three nonfiction works were published posthumously.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he spent six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. He married Hadley Richardson in 1921, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926.
He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer. They divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had worked as a journalist and which formed the basis for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940. He and Gellhorn separated after he met Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during World War II. Hemingway was present with Allied troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida, in the 1930s and in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in two plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, in mid-1961, he died of suicide.
Hemingway was raised in Oak Park, Illinois. After high school, he spent six months as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star before enlisting in the Red Cross. He served as an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in World War I and was seriously wounded in 1918. His wartime experiences formed the basis for his 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms. He married Hadley Richardson in 1921, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Toronto Star and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s' "Lost Generation" expatriate community. His debut novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926.
He divorced Richardson in 1927 and married Pauline Pfeiffer. They divorced after he returned from the Spanish Civil War, where he had worked as a journalist and which formed the basis for his 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. Martha Gellhorn became his third wife in 1940. He and Gellhorn separated after he met Mary Welsh Hemingway in London during World War II. Hemingway was present with Allied troops as a journalist at the Normandy landings and the liberation of Paris. He maintained permanent residences in Key West, Florida, in the 1930s and in Cuba in the 1940s and 1950s. On a 1954 trip to Africa, he was seriously injured in two plane accidents on successive days, leaving him in pain and ill health for much of the rest of his life. In 1959, he bought a house in Ketchum, Idaho, where, in mid-1961, he died of suicide.
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April 26, 2016
I read this as a young man and was disappointed. It didn't work for me. I thought it was about a crazy old man gone off the reservation, picking a fight with an innocent fish while ranting about the New York Yankees ("I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing. They say his father was a fisherman...").
I picked it up again, after the passage of some years, and found it incredibly poignant.
It's a simple story. There's an old man, Santiago, who is a fisherman fallen on hard times. He is cared for by a young boy, Manolin, who no longer works on his boat. Santiago goes into the Gulf and engages in the fight of his life with a giant marlin. What follows is a dream-like, stream-of-conscious meditation as the old man matches strength and wits with the great fish.
After 84 days of no fish, Santiago takes his skiff far out to sea. He drops his line and hooks a marlin. He can't pull it in, so he takes hold of the line, beginning the back and forth: when the marlin runs, he gives the line slack; when the marlin is still, he pulls the line in. The old man's hands are cut by the rope. His muscles strain. He has no food or water. Yet he doesn't give up. The obsession has shades of Moby Dick, except at the end of this novel, I didn't feel the need to dig up Melville and punch him in the skull:
Eventually, the marlin is hauled in and killed. The old man attaches him to the boat, and begins to row towards shore. Of course, the marlin is dripping blood, so if you've seen Jaws or read James and the Giant Peach, you can imagine that his dreams of hitting it big with this fish are probably not going to come to pass.
Age teaches you a lot of things. You start to realize that you might never be the person you thought you'd be as a child. Days go by, you start to lose more and gain less. I thought about this as I thought about the old man, raging like Dylan Thomas against the night; an old man nearing the end of his days fighting against nature, time, death, a fish, able to boil all things down into one climatic struggle on the high seas. At the end, he did not succeed, at least not in the manner he'd foreseen, but he was, in an inimitable way, victorious.
I picked it up again, after the passage of some years, and found it incredibly poignant.
It's a simple story. There's an old man, Santiago, who is a fisherman fallen on hard times. He is cared for by a young boy, Manolin, who no longer works on his boat. Santiago goes into the Gulf and engages in the fight of his life with a giant marlin. What follows is a dream-like, stream-of-conscious meditation as the old man matches strength and wits with the great fish.
After 84 days of no fish, Santiago takes his skiff far out to sea. He drops his line and hooks a marlin. He can't pull it in, so he takes hold of the line, beginning the back and forth: when the marlin runs, he gives the line slack; when the marlin is still, he pulls the line in. The old man's hands are cut by the rope. His muscles strain. He has no food or water. Yet he doesn't give up. The obsession has shades of Moby Dick, except at the end of this novel, I didn't feel the need to dig up Melville and punch him in the skull:
I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. . . . Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him. . . . There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity. I do not understand these things, he thought. But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.
Eventually, the marlin is hauled in and killed. The old man attaches him to the boat, and begins to row towards shore. Of course, the marlin is dripping blood, so if you've seen Jaws or read James and the Giant Peach, you can imagine that his dreams of hitting it big with this fish are probably not going to come to pass.
Age teaches you a lot of things. You start to realize that you might never be the person you thought you'd be as a child. Days go by, you start to lose more and gain less. I thought about this as I thought about the old man, raging like Dylan Thomas against the night; an old man nearing the end of his days fighting against nature, time, death, a fish, able to boil all things down into one climatic struggle on the high seas. At the end, he did not succeed, at least not in the manner he'd foreseen, but he was, in an inimitable way, victorious.
'You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food,' he thought. 'You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?'
April 22, 2008
Oh, my good lord in heaven. Cut your line, land your boat and go to McDonald's! Just as in the case of The Great Gatsby, I understand the book. Yes, I know it changed the way American writers write. I also understand that it celebrates the ridiculous American idea that you're only a REAL man if you've done something entirely purposeless, but really dangerous, in pursuit of making yourself look like the bull with the biggest sexual equipment. Get over it, already! Go home and clean out the refrigerator, or wash the curtains, or vacuum under the furniture. Pick your kids up from school or take your daughter bra shopping. THAT would impress me. Being too dumb to cut your fishing line? Not the mate I would pick...
The only bright spot about the book is if you think of it on a metaphorical level: there is a point at which ALL of us must grit our teeth and hold on in the face of despair. That is the definition of life. However, if that's the point, then the plot situation needs to be one of necessity (like the shipwreck in Life of Pi), instead of stubbornness.
**
It's been a while since I wrote this review, and there's a lot of amusing speculation in the comments people have attached. I have to say, they crack me up. Here's my final word on reviewing on 欧宝娱乐 (or anywhere); One of the most important elements of reading is that it allows each of us to react in the way we need to react, without judgment, as we experience the book. This is how I reacted to The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway is dead, or I wouldn't have been so up-front with my opinion. He's not insulted, I understand that we all need goals in life, and I've been happily married for a LONG time. Now take a deep breath and smile. Life is too short to be anxious about picayune stuff like this.
The only bright spot about the book is if you think of it on a metaphorical level: there is a point at which ALL of us must grit our teeth and hold on in the face of despair. That is the definition of life. However, if that's the point, then the plot situation needs to be one of necessity (like the shipwreck in Life of Pi), instead of stubbornness.
**
It's been a while since I wrote this review, and there's a lot of amusing speculation in the comments people have attached. I have to say, they crack me up. Here's my final word on reviewing on 欧宝娱乐 (or anywhere); One of the most important elements of reading is that it allows each of us to react in the way we need to react, without judgment, as we experience the book. This is how I reacted to The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway is dead, or I wouldn't have been so up-front with my opinion. He's not insulted, I understand that we all need goals in life, and I've been happily married for a LONG time. Now take a deep breath and smile. Life is too short to be anxious about picayune stuff like this.
September 7, 2015
"There isn't any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The sharks are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know."
-Ernest Hemingway
-Ernest Hemingway
November 29, 2007
Worst book ever.
Just throw the fucking fish back in. Fuck.
Just throw the fucking fish back in. Fuck.
August 15, 2024
This One Had Me Hooked
Set in Cuba, The Old Man and The Sea is about an old fisherman named Santiago. He has not been lucky lately with his fishing, and he is all alone in the world save one little boy. Will Santiago鈥檚 luck turn?
This book had me hooked from the beginning (sorry I couldn鈥檛 resist). But seriously, this book gripped me from the beginning. It is definitely a tearjerker. The Old Man and The Sea is deeply moving and filled with symbolism. This is a perfect example of an author showing instead of telling, and what a beautiful masterpiece!
Overall, a deeply moving novella that I can鈥檛 wait to read again.
This book is one of James Mustich鈥檚 1,000 Books to Read.
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
Set in Cuba, The Old Man and The Sea is about an old fisherman named Santiago. He has not been lucky lately with his fishing, and he is all alone in the world save one little boy. Will Santiago鈥檚 luck turn?
This book had me hooked from the beginning (sorry I couldn鈥檛 resist). But seriously, this book gripped me from the beginning. It is definitely a tearjerker. The Old Man and The Sea is deeply moving and filled with symbolism. This is a perfect example of an author showing instead of telling, and what a beautiful masterpiece!
Overall, a deeply moving novella that I can鈥檛 wait to read again.
This book is one of James Mustich鈥檚 1,000 Books to Read.
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
May 17, 2012
My very first time reading Papa and I absolutely LOVED IT. Sometimes the experience you have with a book can be effected by many things beyond the narrative itself, and I think that is certainly the case here. While I believe I would have loved this story regardless, there is no doubt that the stars aligned themselves perfectly to make this a singularly special read for me.
Let me explain...
Last year, I was in Napa with my wife and two of our best friends celebrating my (oh shit!!) 40th birthday. It was the latter part of October (near the end of harvest time) and the weather was perfect...DUH, it鈥檚 Napa.
We were staying at our favorite Napa sanctuary, the Villagio Inn and Spa.
Though pricey, Vellagio is just about perfect, it's centrally located, with wonderful rooms, and one of the BEST breakfast spreads in the world...Hey, when you are going out drinking all day, it is important to load up on foodstuffs to avoid alcohol-related trouble. have a nice big breakfast before you go out and drink all day...it is called being practical.
Speaking of drinking all day, we had just come back from an awesome tour of the Castle di Amarossa Winery which is, I shit you not, a real castle in the middle of Napa, California...
鈥omplete with MEGA DINING HALL
...and a TORTURE CHAMBER鈥�..yep, a rack, an Iron Maiden and some device that made me constipated just looking at it.
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.
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Anyway, we got back to the room and had a few hours to relax before a late dinner reservation. Well, I don鈥檛 sleep all that much and so, while my wife took a nap (light weight that she is), I decided I would find something fairly short to read. I choose this story because it was only 100 pages long (or just under 3 hours via audio) and it seemed to fit my time allotment perfectly.
So, feeling a little buzzed and in a superb, yet contemplative mood (I had just turned 40 for crying out loud), I poured myself another glass of wine (shut up and don't judge me), went and sat on the balcony outside our room and, with the sun starting to go down, began listening to the audio version of this story.
Well, this story slammed me and had me sucked in and captive from the very first words: 鈥淗e was the old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.鈥� By the way, now would be a good time to mention that the audio version I listened to was read by Donald Sutherland, and the marriage of the story with Sutherland鈥檚 perfect narration was nothing short of magical. In my opinion it is THE ONLY VERSION of the audio book that should be sold. 鈥ㄢ€�
As many have said (and almost as many have complained), this is in many ways a simple story about an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago, who has had a significant run of bad luck fishing (i.e., 84 days). "Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the 鈥╯ame color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated." Attempting to change his luck, he decides to take his skiff further out than he has ever gone before, "beyond all the people of the world." Eventually, he lands the largest Marlin he's ever seen and the bulk of the narrative details his epic struggle to reel in the fish and get it back to shore. 鈥ㄢ€�
Yes, a simple story and Hemingway uses sparse, straight-forward prose...and devastates with them. The most powerful emotions, passions and struggles that people experience are often tied to the most basic needs and the most elemental aspects of who they are. I felt an immediate connection to the story and was deeply moved by the restrained, yet palpable power of the narrative.
The most lasting message that I took away from the story was that, despite the many hardships Santiago faces, and the titanic trials that he endures on the open sea, I NEVER ONCE felt that I was supposed to pity or feel sorry for him in any way. Here was a person doing what he loves to do, what gives him purpose in life, and struggling with an iron will to accomplish his goal. The struggle is hard, it is difficult, but it is who he is and what gives him fulfillment in life. All I could feel was giant admiration for this man.
I found this uplifting and a powerful reaffirmation of what is truly important in life. "But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed 鈥╞ut not defeated."
Whether it was the setting I was in, the mood I was in, the wine I was drinking, the wonderful narration or the power of the words themselves, in the end the result was the same. I felt ALIVE, and for that I say thank you 鈥淧apa鈥� wherever you are!!! 鈥�
That is basically it, but I wanted to leave you with my favorite line from the story, one that I think encapsulates everything Hemingway set out to accomplish in his tale. "And what beat you, he thought. 'Nothing,' he said aloud. 鈥�'I went out too far.'" 鈥�
5.0 stars and one of my 鈥淎ll Time" favorites. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!
April 19, 2025
"But man is not made for defeat" he said. "A man can be destroyed, but not defeated."
~~~ 鈥�
I first encountered Hemingway in college while taking a humanities class; the professor had us read Hemingway鈥檚 The Nick Adams Stories . I fell in love with Hemingway鈥檚 short stories. I wrote an impassioned paper on the character of Nick and received an 鈥淎鈥� for my efforts. Throughout the years, I have returned to Hemingway鈥檚 short stories, and novellas, and I have never been disappointed.
Fast forward 15 years: The Old Man and the Sea had been on my book shelves for quite some time. I picked it up on a whim on July 21st, in honor of Hemingway鈥檚 birthday. So once again, I returned to the world of Ernest Hemingway.
The Old Man and the Sea is told with extraordinary simplicity. It is amazing that Hemingway accomplishes so much using so little. Hemingway sacrifices nothing, and shows that brevity is the essence of style here. He clearly draws a portrait of the inner and outer strength of this amazing man. A man who faces each day with a quiet dignity.
The Old Man and the Sea is not just a tale of a man and a fish. It is a story of man against nature, and valor, in the face of adversity. Most importantly, it is a story of man and God. To quote : His best. Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us, I mean his and my contemporaries. This time, he discovered God, a Creator. Until now, his men and women had made themselves, shaped themselves out of their own clay; their victories and defeats were at the hands of each other, just to prove to themselves or one another how tough they could be. But this time, he wrote about pity: about something somewhere that made them all: the old man who had to catch the fish and then lose it, the fish that had to be caught and then lost, the sharks which had to rob the old man of his fish; made them all and loved them all and pitied them all. It鈥檚 all right. Praise God that whatever made and loves and pities Hemingway and me kept him from touching it any further.
Hemingway celebrates the daring and resolve of the old man. Hemingway celebrates this man who goes thru life alone, ferocious, heroic, daring, showing what Hemingway views as the human spirt at its very best. I can鈥檛 help but think this is how Papa Hemingway views himself.
There is another story being told here as well; one of the purest, most beautiful stories of friendship I鈥檝e ever read. The old man is not alone. He has a friendship, with a young boy who began fishing with him when the boy was only five. Their story is rooted in love, and mutual respect. The boy has been forced to work with another boat, a luckier boat, by his parents. He dreams of working with the old man once more. When the old man goes to war with the fish, he says repeatedly, 鈥�I wish the boy were here.鈥�
I am surprised that there is such animosity towards this brilliant work. Most people are introduced to this work in high school. That is really quite a shame since it is not intended for the young. With their limited life experience, they cannot relate to the old man.
Is there a place for Hemingway鈥檚 view of the world today? Politicians鈥� speak of individualism, and point to rugged individualism. But in this world of Trumps and McConnells, Kardashians and Ye, the individual spirit is trampled on daily. Are there any people left in this world like the old man? I don鈥檛 know of any.
To those who criticize this brilliant work, I understand; today we live lives far removed from the old man鈥檚 world. But Hemingway forces us to remember the spirit of the individual, the struggle for human dignity in the face of our daily struggles to survive. Hemingway forces us to recognize bravery, tenacity, expertise, skill and strength.
~~~ 鈥�
I first encountered Hemingway in college while taking a humanities class; the professor had us read Hemingway鈥檚 The Nick Adams Stories . I fell in love with Hemingway鈥檚 short stories. I wrote an impassioned paper on the character of Nick and received an 鈥淎鈥� for my efforts. Throughout the years, I have returned to Hemingway鈥檚 short stories, and novellas, and I have never been disappointed.
Fast forward 15 years: The Old Man and the Sea had been on my book shelves for quite some time. I picked it up on a whim on July 21st, in honor of Hemingway鈥檚 birthday. So once again, I returned to the world of Ernest Hemingway.
The Old Man and the Sea is told with extraordinary simplicity. It is amazing that Hemingway accomplishes so much using so little. Hemingway sacrifices nothing, and shows that brevity is the essence of style here. He clearly draws a portrait of the inner and outer strength of this amazing man. A man who faces each day with a quiet dignity.
The Old Man and the Sea is not just a tale of a man and a fish. It is a story of man against nature, and valor, in the face of adversity. Most importantly, it is a story of man and God. To quote : His best. Time may show it to be the best single piece of any of us, I mean his and my contemporaries. This time, he discovered God, a Creator. Until now, his men and women had made themselves, shaped themselves out of their own clay; their victories and defeats were at the hands of each other, just to prove to themselves or one another how tough they could be. But this time, he wrote about pity: about something somewhere that made them all: the old man who had to catch the fish and then lose it, the fish that had to be caught and then lost, the sharks which had to rob the old man of his fish; made them all and loved them all and pitied them all. It鈥檚 all right. Praise God that whatever made and loves and pities Hemingway and me kept him from touching it any further.
Hemingway celebrates the daring and resolve of the old man. Hemingway celebrates this man who goes thru life alone, ferocious, heroic, daring, showing what Hemingway views as the human spirt at its very best. I can鈥檛 help but think this is how Papa Hemingway views himself.
There is another story being told here as well; one of the purest, most beautiful stories of friendship I鈥檝e ever read. The old man is not alone. He has a friendship, with a young boy who began fishing with him when the boy was only five. Their story is rooted in love, and mutual respect. The boy has been forced to work with another boat, a luckier boat, by his parents. He dreams of working with the old man once more. When the old man goes to war with the fish, he says repeatedly, 鈥�I wish the boy were here.鈥�
I am surprised that there is such animosity towards this brilliant work. Most people are introduced to this work in high school. That is really quite a shame since it is not intended for the young. With their limited life experience, they cannot relate to the old man.
Is there a place for Hemingway鈥檚 view of the world today? Politicians鈥� speak of individualism, and point to rugged individualism. But in this world of Trumps and McConnells, Kardashians and Ye, the individual spirit is trampled on daily. Are there any people left in this world like the old man? I don鈥檛 know of any.
To those who criticize this brilliant work, I understand; today we live lives far removed from the old man鈥檚 world. But Hemingway forces us to remember the spirit of the individual, the struggle for human dignity in the face of our daily struggles to survive. Hemingway forces us to recognize bravery, tenacity, expertise, skill and strength.
October 29, 2020
It is intimidating to offer a truly critical look at such a classic, so we will ease into it with a few images.
The GOP has offered us a ready-made item to begin this list, and yes, I know that John Stewart already snagged this one and threw it back.
I turned up a visual art concept that fits in, for a restaurant based on EH themes:
Although I did not sit for this photo, the resemblance is indeed striking
And, of course
The Old Man and the Cee Lo.
Isuppose am certain there are plenty more images one might lure into our net, but sticking to words for a bit, we will pass on the porn offering, The Old Man and the Semen. How about the moving tale of a Navy Construction veteran, The Old Man and the Seabees, or an obstetrical episode of Grey's Anatomy, The Old Man and the C-Section. Then there might be a psychological drama about a man with bipolar disorder, The Old Man and the See Saw, or a book about an elderly acupuncturist, The Old Man and the Chi. How about a Disney adventure in which Paul Hogan rescues a pinniped, yes, gentle reader, The Old Man and the Seal. Maybe a bit of Cuban self-affirmation, The Old Man and the Si. I could go on, of course, and probably will, at home, until my wife threatens to leave. The possibilities are rather endless. But the Geneva Conventions might be brought into play, and we can鈥檛 have that. Tackling such a review head on seems, somehow, wrong, like using paint by number to copy the Mona Lisa, carving the Pieta out of gigantic blocks of cheddar, writing a love poem for your beloved using MadLibs or At some point, though, I guess you have to, you know, fish or cut bait.
I struggled mightily with this one, finding a hook, then having it pull away, grabbing hold of an idea and watching it disappear beneath waves of uncertainty. I tried waiting a while, resting between attempts, losing myself in other contemplations. Smiling a bit, but always hoping for something I could finally yank aboard. Notions of religious connections, Papa鈥檚 personal philosophy, and story-telling technique all pulled in diverse directions. As you will see, it was a not a simple contest. And I am not certain that what I ultimately caught is all that filling.
Any time there are fish involved, one might presume a degree of soul saving. I do not know enough Hemingway to have a take on whether or not that figured here. I raise it only as a passing thought. But the second sentence of the book offers a hint. 鈥淚n the first forty days鈥︹€漜learly places Santiago鈥檚 travails alongside another person who spent forty days in a different barren environment. It was after being baptized that Jesus spent his time in the desert, preparing for what awaited. Is Santiago to be tested here? Will he be offered a route away from his difficult path?
The waters are becalmed. Nothing moves. A moment, then, for a digression. OK, let鈥檚 try some simple arithmetic, if Jesus, at age 30, spent 40 days in the desert, and Santiago has gone 84 days in his version of the desert, just how old is the old man? 63, according to my calculations. Possible. I do not recall seeing an actual age noted, so I am gonna go with that. I know you guys will let me know if an actual age is revealed somewhere and my squinty geezer eyes missed it. Done. I can feel a slight breeze beginning to flutter the sail.
Some sort of religion seems to flow through this fish tale. Not only are we sprinkled with forty-day references, but Santiago discusses sin. In his struggles he suffers physical damage in which some might see an echo of Calvary. But I think that is a stretch, personally. So, we have a bit of religion, and a quest. What is Santiago questing for? Redemption would fit in nicely. Having failed for a long time, he feels a need to redeem himself in the eyes of his community. Maybe not a religious thing, per se, but swimming in the same waters. And speaking of religion, water as a baptismal element is always a possibility, although somewhat diluted here, as Santiago makes his living on the water.
The old man is strong, skilled and determined. Maybe it is his character that is at issue. Maybe somehow, taking on this challenge is a way to prove to himself that he is truly a man. He goes about his business, and his fishing is his fate, maybe even his life. It is in how he handles himself when faced with this challenge that will show us the sort of person he is, a common Hemingway theme, and he does just that.
This is a very short novel, more, maybe, a novella or large short story. But it has the feel of a parable. There is definitely something going on here even if it keeps slipping out of my analytical net.
I was reminded of another well-known fish story, Moby Dick (really, allow a little literary license here people. Yes I know the whale is not a fish. Geez.). Whereas in that one, the fisherman, Ahab, sets himself against the whale, and therefore either fate or god, seeing a personal enemy, Santiago sees the fish as his brother, a fellow creature in the universe acting out his part. The challenge is always about oneself and not about the external enemy, or rival. In fact, the fish and Santiago are both victimized, together, by the sharks that feast on his catch.
Could it be that Hemingway鈥檚 notion of religion is less Christian and more a sort of materialist (as in non-spiritual, not as in accumulating stuff) philosophy? Lacking the proper tackle for that I will leave such considerations to those who have spent more time than I trolling Hemingway鈥檚 waters.
The writing is mostly either third-person description or the old man鈥檚 internal, and sometimes spoken, dialogue. Regardless of the literary ambitions splashing about here, the story is about a very sympathetic character. Santiago is a man not only of physical strength, but moral character. He is not portrayed as a saint, but as a simple man, maybe even, in a way, an ideal man in his simplicity. He knows his place in the world, faces the challenges that world presents to him and using only his skill, intelligence, strength and determination, overcomes (or not). It is easy to climb on board as a Santiago supporter. He is a fellow who is very much a part of the world, even as he contemplates larger things.
The Old Man and the Sea is a small story, but it is a whale of a tale. If you have not fished these waters before, don鈥檛 let this be one of those that got away.
WB32
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1/5/13 - Jeffrey Keeten sent along this . Gary Wyatt had shared it with him. It will definitely make you smile
6/20/13 - I discovered that one of the images I used had vanished into the ether, so I substituted another
9/4/2019 - I just came across a really wonderful piece about Hemingway, this book in particular, by Joe Fassler, in The Atlantic - The Hemingway Scene That Shows How Humanity Works, in which he interviews novelist T茅a Obreht about the unexpected lions in this book - Great stuff. Check it out.
The GOP has offered us a ready-made item to begin this list, and yes, I know that John Stewart already snagged this one and threw it back.
I turned up a visual art concept that fits in, for a restaurant based on EH themes:
Although I did not sit for this photo, the resemblance is indeed striking
And, of course
The Old Man and the Cee Lo.
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I struggled mightily with this one, finding a hook, then having it pull away, grabbing hold of an idea and watching it disappear beneath waves of uncertainty. I tried waiting a while, resting between attempts, losing myself in other contemplations. Smiling a bit, but always hoping for something I could finally yank aboard. Notions of religious connections, Papa鈥檚 personal philosophy, and story-telling technique all pulled in diverse directions. As you will see, it was a not a simple contest. And I am not certain that what I ultimately caught is all that filling.
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. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy鈥檚 parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky.So opens The Old Man and the Sea, the book, we hear tell, that convinced the Nobel committee to reel in EGH with the biggest literary hook of them all. Santiago is an old, unlucky, but skilled Cuban fisherman. He has an able assistant, the young Manolin. The lad is not a blood relation, but he sees a father figure in the old man, and he may be a younger reflection of the old man himself. Maybe Santiago sees himself in the young man and takes some strength from that. Like the best sort of father, he teaches the boy to fish rather than fishing for him. But Santiago鈥檚 ill fortune has marked him as someone to be avoided and Manolin鈥檚 parents have put the kibosh on their professional association. The old man is determined to salvage his reputation, and his honor, and bring in some money by going farther out than the other fishermen are willing to sail, in search of redemption. No herald calls him to action. No dramatic event sparks him to excessive risk. It is an internal challenge that powers his engines. But it is a quest nonetheless on which Santiago embarks.
Any time there are fish involved, one might presume a degree of soul saving. I do not know enough Hemingway to have a take on whether or not that figured here. I raise it only as a passing thought. But the second sentence of the book offers a hint. 鈥淚n the first forty days鈥︹€漜learly places Santiago鈥檚 travails alongside another person who spent forty days in a different barren environment. It was after being baptized that Jesus spent his time in the desert, preparing for what awaited. Is Santiago to be tested here? Will he be offered a route away from his difficult path?
The waters are becalmed. Nothing moves. A moment, then, for a digression. OK, let鈥檚 try some simple arithmetic, if Jesus, at age 30, spent 40 days in the desert, and Santiago has gone 84 days in his version of the desert, just how old is the old man? 63, according to my calculations. Possible. I do not recall seeing an actual age noted, so I am gonna go with that. I know you guys will let me know if an actual age is revealed somewhere and my squinty geezer eyes missed it. Done. I can feel a slight breeze beginning to flutter the sail.
Some sort of religion seems to flow through this fish tale. Not only are we sprinkled with forty-day references, but Santiago discusses sin. In his struggles he suffers physical damage in which some might see an echo of Calvary. But I think that is a stretch, personally. So, we have a bit of religion, and a quest. What is Santiago questing for? Redemption would fit in nicely. Having failed for a long time, he feels a need to redeem himself in the eyes of his community. Maybe not a religious thing, per se, but swimming in the same waters. And speaking of religion, water as a baptismal element is always a possibility, although somewhat diluted here, as Santiago makes his living on the water.
The old man is strong, skilled and determined. Maybe it is his character that is at issue. Maybe somehow, taking on this challenge is a way to prove to himself that he is truly a man. He goes about his business, and his fishing is his fate, maybe even his life. It is in how he handles himself when faced with this challenge that will show us the sort of person he is, a common Hemingway theme, and he does just that.
This is a very short novel, more, maybe, a novella or large short story. But it has the feel of a parable. There is definitely something going on here even if it keeps slipping out of my analytical net.
I was reminded of another well-known fish story, Moby Dick (really, allow a little literary license here people. Yes I know the whale is not a fish. Geez.). Whereas in that one, the fisherman, Ahab, sets himself against the whale, and therefore either fate or god, seeing a personal enemy, Santiago sees the fish as his brother, a fellow creature in the universe acting out his part. The challenge is always about oneself and not about the external enemy, or rival. In fact, the fish and Santiago are both victimized, together, by the sharks that feast on his catch.
Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him. How many people will he feed, he thought. But are they worthy to eat him? No, of course not. There is not one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behaviour and his great dignity.One might be forgiven for seeing here a possible reference to catholic communion and the relative merit of so many of those who receive. Is the fish (a Christian symbol if there ever was one) meant to be Jesus or some other form of deity, as Moby was?
Could it be that Hemingway鈥檚 notion of religion is less Christian and more a sort of materialist (as in non-spiritual, not as in accumulating stuff) philosophy? Lacking the proper tackle for that I will leave such considerations to those who have spent more time than I trolling Hemingway鈥檚 waters.
The writing is mostly either third-person description or the old man鈥檚 internal, and sometimes spoken, dialogue. Regardless of the literary ambitions splashing about here, the story is about a very sympathetic character. Santiago is a man not only of physical strength, but moral character. He is not portrayed as a saint, but as a simple man, maybe even, in a way, an ideal man in his simplicity. He knows his place in the world, faces the challenges that world presents to him and using only his skill, intelligence, strength and determination, overcomes (or not). It is easy to climb on board as a Santiago supporter. He is a fellow who is very much a part of the world, even as he contemplates larger things.
The Old Man and the Sea is a small story, but it is a whale of a tale. If you have not fished these waters before, don鈥檛 let this be one of those that got away.
WB32
==============================UPDATES
1/5/13 - Jeffrey Keeten sent along this . Gary Wyatt had shared it with him. It will definitely make you smile
6/20/13 - I discovered that one of the images I used had vanished into the ether, so I substituted another
9/4/2019 - I just came across a really wonderful piece about Hemingway, this book in particular, by Joe Fassler, in The Atlantic - The Hemingway Scene That Shows How Humanity Works, in which he interviews novelist T茅a Obreht about the unexpected lions in this book - Great stuff. Check it out.
July 29, 2021
(Book 521 From 1001 Books) - The Old Man and The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952.
It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.
In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
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The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952.
It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba.
In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
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March 14, 2025
On July 2, 1961, Heaven and the world fell silent.
When a just man dies
Lamentation and praise
Sorrow and joy
Are one.
And some suicides, as Scobie鈥檚 in The Heart of the Matter, are - no matter what dour theologians May say - Trophies of Heaven.
Such, surely, was Hemingway鈥檚.
That sunny, windy summer morning we all got the news, even my preteen friends and I were taciturn and sullen.
Ernest Hemingway had been a Hero in our world. Life and Time magazines said so, and they were the gospel truth for our parents...
That was the morning my parents had scheduled to get our hardwood flooring refinished, so all us kids had to be outa there pronto!
So, little James Deans all, my buddies and I decided grimly to ride our bikes far, far into the rural countryside.
Our chests were hollow, as happens at times when you lose someone special.
So, we thought, A man鈥檚 gotta do what a man鈥檚 gotta do - saddle up and ride out!
We rode for hours that day. Me, Ricky, my little brother and Peter Teal. We knew on the way back we鈥檇 be bucking the strong north wind, but we didn鈥檛 care...
Finally we arrived at an eerily abandoned farmhouse.
Obviously, no one had lived there for years. But everything - furniture, appliances, even cutlery on the table - was strangely untouched. Like the family wasn鈥檛 planning to go far...
Just like Ernest Hemingway. He just had to go and get some Fresh Air, away from all his demons for a moment!
A month later I read this book. My Mom the librarian said it was a good place to start with this great writer.
With school starting soon and the days getting shorter, I read about Santiago and his dream.
And the Great Victory he had won in that dream...
The greatest victory of all -
The victory of the immortal human Heart over Despair.
When a just man dies
Lamentation and praise
Sorrow and joy
Are one.
And some suicides, as Scobie鈥檚 in The Heart of the Matter, are - no matter what dour theologians May say - Trophies of Heaven.
Such, surely, was Hemingway鈥檚.
That sunny, windy summer morning we all got the news, even my preteen friends and I were taciturn and sullen.
Ernest Hemingway had been a Hero in our world. Life and Time magazines said so, and they were the gospel truth for our parents...
That was the morning my parents had scheduled to get our hardwood flooring refinished, so all us kids had to be outa there pronto!
So, little James Deans all, my buddies and I decided grimly to ride our bikes far, far into the rural countryside.
Our chests were hollow, as happens at times when you lose someone special.
So, we thought, A man鈥檚 gotta do what a man鈥檚 gotta do - saddle up and ride out!
We rode for hours that day. Me, Ricky, my little brother and Peter Teal. We knew on the way back we鈥檇 be bucking the strong north wind, but we didn鈥檛 care...
Finally we arrived at an eerily abandoned farmhouse.
Obviously, no one had lived there for years. But everything - furniture, appliances, even cutlery on the table - was strangely untouched. Like the family wasn鈥檛 planning to go far...
Just like Ernest Hemingway. He just had to go and get some Fresh Air, away from all his demons for a moment!
A month later I read this book. My Mom the librarian said it was a good place to start with this great writer.
With school starting soon and the days getting shorter, I read about Santiago and his dream.
And the Great Victory he had won in that dream...
The greatest victory of all -
The victory of the immortal human Heart over Despair.
September 10, 2022
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賴賱 丕賳氐丕毓鬲 匕乇丕毓賷賰 丕賱賵丕賴賳鬲賷賳 賵 鬲乇賰鬲 丕賱爻賲賰丞責
孬賱丕孬 丕賷丕賲 賷丕 爻丕賳鬲賷丕噩賵 賵 丕賳鬲 鬲氐丕乇毓 爻賲賰丞 毓賲賱丕賯丞 鬲賮賵賯 賲乇賰亘賰 丨噩賲丕馃悑
亘賯丿乇丞 賵 爻賱丕爻丞 賵 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賱賱. .賷丐賰丿 賱賳丕 賴賲賳噩賵丕賷 毓賱賶:賵噩賵丿 丕賱卮乇 賵 丕賱兀匕賶 賵 丕賱賲氐丕卅亘 賵 丕賱賰賵丕乇孬
亘賱 賷毓鬲乇賮 賴賲賳噩賵丕賷 亘鬲賯賱亘 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲賷 賷氐毓亘 鬲丨賱賷賱賴丕 丕賵 丕毓丿丕丿 丕賱毓丿丞 賱賴丕
賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賳賲胤 賲賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓丕鬲 馃寠 亘賷賳賰 賵 亘賷賳 賯賵賶 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 . .賱丕 賷賵噩丿 乇丕亘丨 賵 禺丕爻乇 賴賳丕
賮賱賵 丕賱鬲賮鬲賳丕 廿賱賶 丕賱毓賳賮 賵 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱賲馗賱賱賷賳 賮賵賯 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丿丕卅賲丕 爻賳鬲乇賰 丕賱廿氐乇丕乇 賵 丕賱兀賲賱
賲賳 丕賱鬲賮爻賷乇丕鬲 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賳 爻賲賰 丕賱賯乇卮 賴賵 賳丨賳 : 丕賱賳賯丕丿
January 19, 2025
Oh my GOD, just throw the fuckin' fish back in the water, already!
Fuck...
Fuck...
November 15, 2022
A story of a destroyed but undefeated thin, old, gaunt man, Santiago, with an unlucky boat.
A story of a decrepit man with deep neck wrinkles.
Everything was old about him, but for his cheerful and infallible eyes!
With no fisherman luck but a helping-hand in a young boy with ardour and empathy, Manolin!
The bond between the two is way too adorable!
Though the circumstances distance the two physically,
but could not deter the love between the two!
Both have sincere love and care for each other.
One day the old man ventures onto the
outer lying areas of the sea,
Lost in his musings, a gigantic fish, Marlin, eats his sardine bait,
Breaking his reverie!
What follows is sheer adventure on the sea!
But Santiago keeps feeling alone,
keeps cursing his diminishing strength!
He says Hail Marys and Our Fathers,
To magically assist his quest for conquering the fish,
It is a story of adventure of the man to get hold of marlin!
What happens during the expedition and upon his return,
Kindly read for yourself to swim and breathe!
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My Views-
I am personally a fan of stories about sea and seafarers. This story is emblematic of it, and corroborated the concept phenomenonally , in entirety and handsomely! Indeed, a MASTERPIECE.
The appealing themes of unity, undying heroism, and obsession with proving one鈥檚 worthiness, are propounded gracefully.
I forever tried my best to increase the rating beyond 3.5-stars, but could not, seriously in a pickle situation! :(
Maybe because of the exposition of hopelessness, declining age and at no juncture of the story, seeing infused-hope, refrained me from falling in 鈥渢rue-love鈥� with this 鈥渁ward-winning story鈥�!
I am a sucker of hope-inducing plots.Though Santiago remains undefeated till the end, still the signals of despondency and down-heartedness at smooth intervals, gave me a grimace of pain!
At no point I was unleashed from this vicious cycle of pain and despondency conferred on by old-age and dwindling muscle!
Old-age is fated, inevitable and a hard-fact, which cannot be changed, and hence wailing over it and commiserating, didn鈥檛 do any good to me. Irrespective of the lack, Santiago keeps fighting, which is creditable.
One of my biggest take-aways from my personal life is- harping or sympathizing with irrevocably painful truths, pervades more despondence and imparts infirmity!
Again, this is purely my stance, so couldn鈥檛 go beyond 3.5-stars!
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What stood out for me?
The unique relationship between the old man and boy, comprising of sincere love and friendship! Afterall, they had spent countless hours on the sea together. Love and concern weren鈥檛 incumbent on the boy, but just out of compassion for the old man! 馃槉
Old age 鈥� the limitation of being old is shown clearly in this story. Though the old man keeps cursing his diminishing strength, old and decrepit body, but he remains undefeated, until the very end of his battle with the sea!
As stated earlier, irrespective of being unbeaten, I personally was cast down onlooking the shrinking strength and grim circumstances of Santiago!
The closing line, mentions about him dreaming of lions. Lions are symbolic of valor, strength and youth.
According to me he dreamt of them, hoping to get back his youth or found solace and comfort basking in his memories of youth.This story propounds a lot on aging and diminishing strength!
=========================================================
NB-
I haven鈥檛 shared any events during the expedition or upon his return. There are existing brimming reviews on GRs openly disclosing spoilers for this story (and many other stories), but yet not marked!
The title 鈥�The Old Man and the Sea鈥� is the biggest spoiler in itself, so fault-finders and overtly sensitive readers, kindly sue Ernst Hemingway 馃槉 Thanks!
A story of a decrepit man with deep neck wrinkles.
Everything was old about him, but for his cheerful and infallible eyes!
With no fisherman luck but a helping-hand in a young boy with ardour and empathy, Manolin!
The bond between the two is way too adorable!
Though the circumstances distance the two physically,
but could not deter the love between the two!
Both have sincere love and care for each other.
One day the old man ventures onto the
outer lying areas of the sea,
Lost in his musings, a gigantic fish, Marlin, eats his sardine bait,
Breaking his reverie!
What follows is sheer adventure on the sea!
But Santiago keeps feeling alone,
keeps cursing his diminishing strength!
He says Hail Marys and Our Fathers,
To magically assist his quest for conquering the fish,
It is a story of adventure of the man to get hold of marlin!
What happens during the expedition and upon his return,
Kindly read for yourself to swim and breathe!
#########################
My Views-
I am personally a fan of stories about sea and seafarers. This story is emblematic of it, and corroborated the concept phenomenonally , in entirety and handsomely! Indeed, a MASTERPIECE.
The appealing themes of unity, undying heroism, and obsession with proving one鈥檚 worthiness, are propounded gracefully.
I forever tried my best to increase the rating beyond 3.5-stars, but could not, seriously in a pickle situation! :(
Maybe because of the exposition of hopelessness, declining age and at no juncture of the story, seeing infused-hope, refrained me from falling in 鈥渢rue-love鈥� with this 鈥渁ward-winning story鈥�!
I am a sucker of hope-inducing plots.Though Santiago remains undefeated till the end, still the signals of despondency and down-heartedness at smooth intervals, gave me a grimace of pain!
At no point I was unleashed from this vicious cycle of pain and despondency conferred on by old-age and dwindling muscle!
Old-age is fated, inevitable and a hard-fact, which cannot be changed, and hence wailing over it and commiserating, didn鈥檛 do any good to me. Irrespective of the lack, Santiago keeps fighting, which is creditable.
One of my biggest take-aways from my personal life is- harping or sympathizing with irrevocably painful truths, pervades more despondence and imparts infirmity!
Again, this is purely my stance, so couldn鈥檛 go beyond 3.5-stars!
##########################
What stood out for me?
The unique relationship between the old man and boy, comprising of sincere love and friendship! Afterall, they had spent countless hours on the sea together. Love and concern weren鈥檛 incumbent on the boy, but just out of compassion for the old man! 馃槉
Old age 鈥� the limitation of being old is shown clearly in this story. Though the old man keeps cursing his diminishing strength, old and decrepit body, but he remains undefeated, until the very end of his battle with the sea!
As stated earlier, irrespective of being unbeaten, I personally was cast down onlooking the shrinking strength and grim circumstances of Santiago!
The closing line, mentions about him dreaming of lions. Lions are symbolic of valor, strength and youth.
According to me he dreamt of them, hoping to get back his youth or found solace and comfort basking in his memories of youth.This story propounds a lot on aging and diminishing strength!
=========================================================
NB-
I haven鈥檛 shared any events during the expedition or upon his return. There are existing brimming reviews on GRs openly disclosing spoilers for this story (and many other stories), but yet not marked!
The title 鈥�The Old Man and the Sea鈥� is the biggest spoiler in itself, so fault-finders and overtly sensitive readers, kindly sue Ernst Hemingway 馃槉 Thanks!
March 29, 2025
I feel sunburnt and tired 鈥� like I spent days at sea 鈥� yet only ventured within the pages of this classic. Hemingway certainly knew how to paint a vivid picture with the bare minimum of words.
鈥淓verything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.鈥�
The Old Man and the Sea possesses a timeless, universal quality - which is probably why people are still devouring it. The plot is simple 鈥� an old man goes fishing. He is considered salao 鈥� the worst form of unlucky and hasn鈥檛 caught a fish in eighty-four days. There鈥檚 a boy, Manolin, who helps him, despite now working on a different fishing boat. And there鈥檚 a large marlin.
I admired Hemingway鈥檚 ability to cast well-developed characters with minimal words. I enjoyed the old man鈥檚 heartwarming relationship with the boy, and the deep, spiritual connection shared with the marlin 鈥� a strong character itself.
鈥淣ever have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.鈥�
It鈥檚 a quick read, yet one I took my time with. There鈥檚 a hypnotic simplicity in the prose. Hemingway transported me onto that small skiff with the old man - practically tasting the salt air and disappointment. Scenes on land were just as effective 鈥� like I was dropped into the shack, talking baseball with the old man.
鈥淥nce there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it made him too lonely to see it and it was on the shelf in the corner under his clean shirt.鈥�
There was much happening beneath the surface. It鈥檚 a story which demands reading on multiple levels. The more I reflected, the more layers I found. Perhaps that鈥檚 the joy of art 鈥� it鈥檚 open to interpretation. Knowing where Hemingway鈥檚 life and career were at while writing this added further poignancy and symbolism which enhanced my enjoyment of the story. You can鈥檛 help but think he could be writing about himself.
It gets you reflecting on life 鈥� the marlins and sharks and lions. For such a fleeting story, it continues to have a remarkable impact. I enjoyed my time with the old man, and I鈥檓 looking forward to reading more of Hemingway's work.
鈥淣ow is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.鈥�
鈥淓verything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.鈥�
The Old Man and the Sea possesses a timeless, universal quality - which is probably why people are still devouring it. The plot is simple 鈥� an old man goes fishing. He is considered salao 鈥� the worst form of unlucky and hasn鈥檛 caught a fish in eighty-four days. There鈥檚 a boy, Manolin, who helps him, despite now working on a different fishing boat. And there鈥檚 a large marlin.
I admired Hemingway鈥檚 ability to cast well-developed characters with minimal words. I enjoyed the old man鈥檚 heartwarming relationship with the boy, and the deep, spiritual connection shared with the marlin 鈥� a strong character itself.
鈥淣ever have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother.鈥�
It鈥檚 a quick read, yet one I took my time with. There鈥檚 a hypnotic simplicity in the prose. Hemingway transported me onto that small skiff with the old man - practically tasting the salt air and disappointment. Scenes on land were just as effective 鈥� like I was dropped into the shack, talking baseball with the old man.
鈥淥nce there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it made him too lonely to see it and it was on the shelf in the corner under his clean shirt.鈥�
There was much happening beneath the surface. It鈥檚 a story which demands reading on multiple levels. The more I reflected, the more layers I found. Perhaps that鈥檚 the joy of art 鈥� it鈥檚 open to interpretation. Knowing where Hemingway鈥檚 life and career were at while writing this added further poignancy and symbolism which enhanced my enjoyment of the story. You can鈥檛 help but think he could be writing about himself.
It gets you reflecting on life 鈥� the marlins and sharks and lions. For such a fleeting story, it continues to have a remarkable impact. I enjoyed my time with the old man, and I鈥檓 looking forward to reading more of Hemingway's work.
鈥淣ow is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.鈥�
July 8, 2017
禺蹖賱賶 禺蹖賱賶 賵賯鬲 倬蹖卮貙 夭賲丕賳賶 賰賴 賴賳賵夭 賳賵噩賵丕賳賶 亘賵丿賲貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賶 賳賵卮鬲賲 亘賴 鬲賯賱蹖丿 丕夭 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賵 丿乇蹖丕賶 賴賲蹖賳诏賵賶貙 賵賱賶 亘丕 賱丨賳賶 亘賴 賲賯鬲囟丕賶 爻賳賲貙 乇賲丕賳鬲蹖賰 賵 卮丕毓乇丕賳賴. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲丕噩乇丕賶 倬蹖乇賲乇丿賶 爻鬲 賰賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賰賴 爻蹖乇賶 賵 诏乇爻賳诏賶 禺賵丿 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕卮 亘賴 丿爻鬲 亘丕夭賶 賴丕賶 丿乇蹖丕 亘丕卮丿貙 亘賴 鬲賳诏 丌賲丿賴. 乇賵夭賶貙 倬爻 丕夭 趩賴丕乇 賲丕賴 亘丿賵賳 氐蹖丿 賲丕賳丿賳貙 趩賴丕乇 賲丕賴 诏乇爻賳诏賶貙 鬲賵乇卮 乇丕 亘乇 賲賶 丿丕乇丿 賵 賲賶 乇賵丿 鬲丕 氐蹖丿 丕氐賱賶 乇丕 亘賴 鬲賵乇 亘蹖賳丿丕夭丿. 賳賴 賲丕賴賶 賴丕賶 賰賵趩賰貙 賳賴 賳賴賳诏 賴丕賶 亘夭乇诏貙 禺賵丿 禺賵丿 丿乇蹖丕 乇丕.
禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 噩賳賵賳 亘賴 賵丨卮鬲 賲賶 丕賮鬲賳丿 賵 賲賶 禺賵丕賴賳丿 賲鬲賵賯賮卮 賰賳賳丿貙 賲賶 诏賵蹖賳丿: 丕乇丕丿賴 賶 丕賳爻丕賳 丨丿賶 丿丕乇丿 賵 賴乇 趩蹖夭賶 乇丕 賳賲賶 鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿. 賲賶 诏賵蹖賳丿: 丌賳 賴丕 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丕賳丿賰 乇丕囟賶 賵 賯丕賳毓賳丿. 禺蹖賱賶 趩蹖夭賴丕賶 丿蹖诏乇 賴賲 賲賶 诏賵蹖賳丿. 賵賱賶 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賴賲賴 乇丕 倬爻 賲賶 夭賳丿 賵 乇丕賴賶 丿乇蹖丕 賲賶 卮賵丿.
丿乇蹖丕 賳禺爻鬲 乇蹖卮禺賳丿卮 賲賶 賰賳丿 賵 丌卮睾丕賱 亘賴 鬲賵乇卮 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 丕夭 丕乇丕丿賴 丕卮 亘乇 賳賲賶 诏乇丿丿. 丿乇蹖丕 亘丕 亘賶 丕毓鬲賳丕蹖賶 趩賳丿 賲丕賴賶 亘賴 鬲賵乇卮 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賰賴 亘乇賵丿 乇丿 賰丕乇卮. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賲丕賴賶 賴丕 乇丕 亘乇 賲賶 诏乇丿丕賳丿 賵 亘丕夭 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿. 丿乇蹖丕 賲賶 賱乇夭丿 賵 賳賴賳诏賶 亘乇丕蹖卮 賲賶 賮乇爻鬲丿. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賳诏丕賴卮 賴賲 賳賲賶 賰賳丿 賵 亘丕夭 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿. 丿乇蹖丕 禺卮賲诏蹖賳 賲賶 卮賵丿貙 賲賵噩 丕夭 倬賶 賲賵噩 賲賶 賮乇爻鬲丿 亘乇丕賶 賵丕跇诏賵賳賶 丕蹖賳 亘乇 賴賲 夭賳賳丿賴 賶 賳馗賲 丌賮乇蹖賳卮. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿貙 賲氐賲賲 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賵 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賵 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿.
爻丕賱 賴丕 诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 賴賳賵夭 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲賳丕爻亘賶 亘乇丕賶 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 匕賴賳賲 賳乇爻蹖丿賴. 丿乇 蹖賰 乇賵丕蹖鬲 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 睾乇賯 賲賶 卮賵丿 賵 丿乇蹖丕 鬲丕 賴賲蹖卮賴 丕夭 诏乇爻賳诏丕賳 鬲賵乇 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲賶 鬲乇爻丿.
丿乇 蹖賰 乇賵丕蹖鬲 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 亘丕 丕乇丕丿賴 丕卮 趩賳丕賳 鬲乇賰賶 亘賴 賳馗賲 丌賮乇蹖賳卮 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賰賴 亘賱賵乇 卮賰爻鬲 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 賰蹖賴丕賳 亘賴 賰賱 賲賶 卮賰賳丿 賵 丿乇 賴賲 賮乇賵 賲賶 乇蹖夭丿 賵 賴乇 鬲賰賴 賶 丌賳 亘賴 诏賵卮賴 丕賶 丕夭 丿乇蹖丕賶 毓丿賲 倬乇鬲丕亘 賲賶 卮賵丿.
乇賵丕蹖鬲 賴丕賶 丿蹖诏乇賶 賴賲 賴爻鬲. 丕賲丕 丿乇 賴蹖趩 蹖賰 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賲賵賮賯 賳賲賶 卮賵丿 丿乇蹖丕 乇丕 亘賴 鬲賵乇 亘蹖賳丿丕夭丿貙 賵 丿乇 賴蹖趩 蹖賰 丿乇蹖丕 賲賵賮賯 賳賲賶 卮賵丿 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 乇丕 丕夭 丕乇丕丿賴 丕卮 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳丿. 丕蹖賳 丿賵 丿乇 賴賲賴 賶 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賴丕貙 趩賵賳 丿賵 噩賳诏噩賵賶 丌卮鬲賶 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 禺氐賲 丕亘丿賶 蹖賰丿蹖诏乇 亘丕賯賶 賲賶 賲丕賳賳丿.锘�
禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 噩賳賵賳 亘賴 賵丨卮鬲 賲賶 丕賮鬲賳丿 賵 賲賶 禺賵丕賴賳丿 賲鬲賵賯賮卮 賰賳賳丿貙 賲賶 诏賵蹖賳丿: 丕乇丕丿賴 賶 丕賳爻丕賳 丨丿賶 丿丕乇丿 賵 賴乇 趩蹖夭賶 乇丕 賳賲賶 鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿. 賲賶 诏賵蹖賳丿: 丌賳 賴丕 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丕賳丿賰 乇丕囟賶 賵 賯丕賳毓賳丿. 禺蹖賱賶 趩蹖夭賴丕賶 丿蹖诏乇 賴賲 賲賶 诏賵蹖賳丿. 賵賱賶 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賴賲賴 乇丕 倬爻 賲賶 夭賳丿 賵 乇丕賴賶 丿乇蹖丕 賲賶 卮賵丿.
丿乇蹖丕 賳禺爻鬲 乇蹖卮禺賳丿卮 賲賶 賰賳丿 賵 丌卮睾丕賱 亘賴 鬲賵乇卮 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 丕夭 丕乇丕丿賴 丕卮 亘乇 賳賲賶 诏乇丿丿. 丿乇蹖丕 亘丕 亘賶 丕毓鬲賳丕蹖賶 趩賳丿 賲丕賴賶 亘賴 鬲賵乇卮 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賰賴 亘乇賵丿 乇丿 賰丕乇卮. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賲丕賴賶 賴丕 乇丕 亘乇 賲賶 诏乇丿丕賳丿 賵 亘丕夭 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿. 丿乇蹖丕 賲賶 賱乇夭丿 賵 賳賴賳诏賶 亘乇丕蹖卮 賲賶 賮乇爻鬲丿. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賳诏丕賴卮 賴賲 賳賲賶 賰賳丿 賵 亘丕夭 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿. 丿乇蹖丕 禺卮賲诏蹖賳 賲賶 卮賵丿貙 賲賵噩 丕夭 倬賶 賲賵噩 賲賶 賮乇爻鬲丿 亘乇丕賶 賵丕跇诏賵賳賶 丕蹖賳 亘乇 賴賲 夭賳賳丿賴 賶 賳馗賲 丌賮乇蹖賳卮. 倬蹖乇賲乇丿貙 賲氐賲賲 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賵 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賵 鬲賵乇 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿.
爻丕賱 賴丕 诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 賴賳賵夭 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲賳丕爻亘賶 亘乇丕賶 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 匕賴賳賲 賳乇爻蹖丿賴. 丿乇 蹖賰 乇賵丕蹖鬲 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 睾乇賯 賲賶 卮賵丿 賵 丿乇蹖丕 鬲丕 賴賲蹖卮賴 丕夭 诏乇爻賳诏丕賳 鬲賵乇 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲賶 鬲乇爻丿.
丿乇 蹖賰 乇賵丕蹖鬲 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 亘丕 丕乇丕丿賴 丕卮 趩賳丕賳 鬲乇賰賶 亘賴 賳馗賲 丌賮乇蹖賳卮 賲賶 丕賳丿丕夭丿 賰賴 亘賱賵乇 卮賰爻鬲 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 賰蹖賴丕賳 亘賴 賰賱 賲賶 卮賰賳丿 賵 丿乇 賴賲 賮乇賵 賲賶 乇蹖夭丿 賵 賴乇 鬲賰賴 賶 丌賳 亘賴 诏賵卮賴 丕賶 丕夭 丿乇蹖丕賶 毓丿賲 倬乇鬲丕亘 賲賶 卮賵丿.
乇賵丕蹖鬲 賴丕賶 丿蹖诏乇賶 賴賲 賴爻鬲. 丕賲丕 丿乇 賴蹖趩 蹖賰 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 賲賵賮賯 賳賲賶 卮賵丿 丿乇蹖丕 乇丕 亘賴 鬲賵乇 亘蹖賳丿丕夭丿貙 賵 丿乇 賴蹖趩 蹖賰 丿乇蹖丕 賲賵賮賯 賳賲賶 卮賵丿 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 乇丕 丕夭 丕乇丕丿賴 丕卮 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳丿. 丕蹖賳 丿賵 丿乇 賴賲賴 賶 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賴丕貙 趩賵賳 丿賵 噩賳诏噩賵賶 丌卮鬲賶 賳丕倬匕蹖乇 禺氐賲 丕亘丿賶 蹖賰丿蹖诏乇 亘丕賯賶 賲賶 賲丕賳賳丿.锘�
May 3, 2022
A lot of people will hate me for this but I fucking haaaaaate The Old Man and the Sea. It was so boring and yeah I get it, it's an allegory. I don't fucking care.
January 16, 2024
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Ernest Hemingway in 1954 for his literary contributions, including this book. So I had huge expectations before picking up this book to read when I was a high school student. I was extremely disappointed by it at that time. It was a simple story told in a simple manner. I couldn't understand what was special about it. It took me ten more years, and a couple more rereads to understand the riveting nature of this book. Many of my friends also had a similar experience. The story of Santiago is something which we can finish reading quickly. It will make us contemplate a lot, and when we understand the deeper meaning in this story, it will stay with us forever as an evergreen memory that we relish.
"Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
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Think of what you can do with that there is.鈥�
April 4, 2025
A masterpiece.
Like a fable, this has become a part of our cultural consciousness. Santiago's simple heroism is a benchmark for all who persevere and endure.
*** 2025 reread -
Beautiful but sad.
Many reviewers focus on the Christian symbolism and imagery, though this reread highlighted to me that these were minimal and consisted of a statement compared to crucifixion and, to me at least, the better scene when Santiago is carrying his mast; and of the general comparison to St. Peter and fishing for men.
What stood out to me this time was the themes of respect for the hunted animal which seemed akin to Native American traditions of similar relationships between the animal hunted and the man hunter and how easily these roles can be reversed. HIs description of the sharks can also be ties to this idea as he showed respect for the beauty and power of the makos.
Other reviewers have opined that the Marlin was a metaphor for a work of art attacked and destroyed by critics and this appears timely as Hemingway鈥檚 1950 novel Across the River and Into the Trees received less than favorable critical acclaim. I also considered a comparison to his novel Islands in the Stream, which though it was published posthumously was apparently written approximately contemporaneously with this work.
Hemingway describes atavistic hunter seeker themes and imagery though this would be set in the late forties due to the references to 鈥渢he Great DiMaggio鈥�. There is evidence that this story goes back at least several years about a real Cuban fisherman but could also have been pseudo legendary and going back decades earlier.
I also considered an oblique comparison to Albert Camus鈥� 1947 novel The Plague in that both authors explored themes of fighting a hopeless battle but that the results of the fight were not as valuable as the struggle itself, that the act of fighting, of giving one鈥檚 all in a contest of strength and resources was what mattered.
Finally, this is simply very well written and though some critics disagree about the importance of this work when compared to his earlier novels like The Sun Also Rises, this is a great book in it鈥檚 own right.
Like a fable, this has become a part of our cultural consciousness. Santiago's simple heroism is a benchmark for all who persevere and endure.
*** 2025 reread -
Beautiful but sad.
Many reviewers focus on the Christian symbolism and imagery, though this reread highlighted to me that these were minimal and consisted of a statement compared to crucifixion and, to me at least, the better scene when Santiago is carrying his mast; and of the general comparison to St. Peter and fishing for men.
What stood out to me this time was the themes of respect for the hunted animal which seemed akin to Native American traditions of similar relationships between the animal hunted and the man hunter and how easily these roles can be reversed. HIs description of the sharks can also be ties to this idea as he showed respect for the beauty and power of the makos.
Other reviewers have opined that the Marlin was a metaphor for a work of art attacked and destroyed by critics and this appears timely as Hemingway鈥檚 1950 novel Across the River and Into the Trees received less than favorable critical acclaim. I also considered a comparison to his novel Islands in the Stream, which though it was published posthumously was apparently written approximately contemporaneously with this work.
Hemingway describes atavistic hunter seeker themes and imagery though this would be set in the late forties due to the references to 鈥渢he Great DiMaggio鈥�. There is evidence that this story goes back at least several years about a real Cuban fisherman but could also have been pseudo legendary and going back decades earlier.
I also considered an oblique comparison to Albert Camus鈥� 1947 novel The Plague in that both authors explored themes of fighting a hopeless battle but that the results of the fight were not as valuable as the struggle itself, that the act of fighting, of giving one鈥檚 all in a contest of strength and resources was what mattered.
Finally, this is simply very well written and though some critics disagree about the importance of this work when compared to his earlier novels like The Sun Also Rises, this is a great book in it鈥檚 own right.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 25, 2023
The metaphor of this tale escaped me when I read it (I was undoubtedly too young), but today, it is luminous; for ordinary people, work offers barely enough to live on, given the harshness and risks it represents. So, sharks will regret an essential goal before enjoying it.
Still, the writing (and the time translation) is a model of simplicity and sensitivity.
Still, the writing (and the time translation) is a model of simplicity and sensitivity.
July 16, 2019
This is one of my favourite Hemingway books ever. The old fisherman has the catch of his lifetime and loses everything in a hard struggle to nature. Only bits and pieces of the great Marlin remain. What a book and what a powerful prose. A book to take with you on a deserted island. You seldom find so much symbolism condensed in one single and relatively short book. Very emotional and moving. One of my alltime favourites, a timeless classic! Recommended? I would say this is an absolute must read!
July 6, 2023
- 丕賱卮賷禺 賵丕賱亘丨乇貙 丕丨丿賶 丕賮囟賱 丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱鬲賷 賷賰賵賳 馗丕賴乇賴丕 賲鬲賷賳丕賸 賵亘丕胤賳賴丕 丕賲鬲賳 賮毓賱賶 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賲孬丕賱 賮乇賵丕賷丞 賲孬賱 "賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳" 馗丕賴乇賴丕 噩賷丿 賵亘丕胤賳賴丕 丕賵 賲賯氐丿賴丕 廿亘丿丕毓. 丕賲丕 "丕賱卮賷禺 賵丕賱亘丨乇" 賮噩賲丕賱 毓賱賶 噩賲丕賱...
- 賯亘賱 丕賱卮乇賵毓 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 亘丿 丕賳 丕匕賰乇 卮賷卅丕賸 卮禺氐賷丕賸貙 賮兀賳丕 丕賰乇賴 氐賷丿 丕賱爻賲賰貙 賱兀賳賳賷 賱丕 丕賲鬲賱賰 丕賱氐亘乇 丕賱賲賳丕爻亘 賱匕賱賰 乇睾賲 丕賳賷 丨丕賵賱鬲: 賮賮賷 丕賱賲乇丞 丕賱丕賵賱賶 睾賮賵鬲 賮賷 丕賱賯丕乇亘 賵賮賷 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 鬲乇賰鬲 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賵睾丕丿乇鬲 丕賲丕 賮賷 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賮匕賴亘鬲 丕賱賶 賲賷賳丕 丕亘賵 馗亘賷 賵丕卮鬲乇賷鬲 丕賱兀爻賲丕賰 賵丕賱乇賵亘賷丕賳 丕賱毓賲丕賳賷 賵毓丿鬲 賲爻乇賵乇丕賸 :)貙 賱賰賳賳賷 丕賯丿乇 "氐賷丿 丕賱爻賲賰" 賰賲賴賳丞 賵丕丨鬲乇賲賴丕 噩丿丕賸 乇睾賲 毓丿賲 鬲賮賴賲賷 丕賵 丕爻鬲賷毓丕亘賷 賱賴丕 賰賴賵丕賷丞貙 賱賰賳賴丕 鬲亘賯賶 丕賲賵乇 卮禺氐賷丞.
- 丕賱賯氐丞 亘馗丕賴乇賴丕 毓賳 氐賷丕丿 爻賲賰 賴乇賲賺貙 賷毓丕賰爻賴 丨馗賾賴 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 80 賷賵賲丕賸貙 賱賰賳 亘毓丿賴丕 賷丨丕賱賮賴 丕賱丨馗 亘兀賰亘乇 爻賲賰丞 賯丿 丕氐胤丕丿賴丕 賷賵賲丕賸 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 丕賱賶 賯鬲賱賴 毓丿丞 兀爻賲丕賰 賯乇卮 亘胤乇賷賯賴. 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丕賱爻乇丿 賵丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕賯丕賲賴丕 賴賲賳睾賵丕賷 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞 賵丿賯賷賯丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 賲賳賷乇 丕賱亘毓賱亘賰賷 賰丕賳鬲 噩賷丿丞 噩丿丕賸.
- 乇睾賲 丕賳 "丕賱氐亘乇" 賷賱賵丨 賰孬賷賲丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賱賰賳賳賷 丕爻鬲亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賰賱賷丕賸貙 賮丨爻亘賲丕 丕乇賶 丕賳 丕賱孬賷賲丞 賴賷 "丕賱賰賮丕丨" 賵賱賷爻 丕賱賰賮丕丨 賮賷 爻亘賷賱 丕賱乇夭賯 丕賵 丕賱乇亘丨 丕賱賲丕丿賷 亘賱 丕賱賰賮丕丨 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕卮亘丕毓 丕賱睾乇賵乇 丕賱匕丕鬲賷 賵丕孬亘丕鬲 丕賱賲孬亘鬲 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱氐賷丕丿 賳賮爻賴 賯亘賱 丕孬亘丕鬲賴 丕賲丕賲 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳! 賵賴匕丕 賷鬲囟丨 賮賷 毓丿丞 丕賲丕賰賳 丨賷孬 賷氐乇賾丨 丕賱氐賷丕丿 亘匕賱賰. 賮丕賱氐賷丕丿 丕賱賴乇賲 丕賱匕賷 賷賲鬲賱賰 亘噩毓亘鬲賴 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丨賷賱 賵丕賱鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賵賱丕賸 賵賰賷賮賷丞 丕氐胤賷丕丿 丕賱爻賲賰 孬丕賳賷丕賸 丕乇丕丿 丕賳 賷孬亘鬲 賱賳賮爻賴 丕賳賴 賱丕 夭丕賱 匕賱賰 "丕賱亘胤賱" 丕賱匕賷 毓賴丿賴 賮賷 卮亘丕亘賴 賵丕賳 丕賱爻賳賷賳 賱賲 鬲囟毓賮賴 賵丕賳 丕賱賲爻兀賱丞 賲賳 丕賵賱賴丕 賱丌禺乇賴丕 賲噩乇丿 丨馗 毓丕孬乇 賱丕 亘丿 丕賳 賷賳噩賱賷!
- 丕賱孬賷賲丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賴賷 "丕賱氐丿丕賯丞" 賵賯丿 丕亘丿毓 賴賲賳睾賵丕賷 賮賷 賳爻噩 賴匕賴 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱睾賱丕賲 賵爻丕賳鬲賷丕噩賵貙 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱賲鬲丿乇亘 亘丕賱賲丿乇亘 賵丕賱氐睾賷乇 亘丕賱賰亘賷乇貙 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲兀乇噩丨 亘賷賳 丕賱賲丨亘丞 賵丕賱卮賮賯丞 賵丕賱廿賯鬲丿丕亍 賵丕賱孬賯丞.
- 丕賱賯氐丞 亘亘丕胤賳賴丕 兀亘毓丿 賲賳 氐賷丕丿 賵丕賵爻毓 賲賳 亘丨乇! 賵鬲丨鬲賲賱 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱丕鬲: 賮賴賷 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 賯氐丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 匕丕鬲賴丕貙 丨賷孬 丕賱氐賷丕丿 賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 亘丕賱賲胤賱賯貙 賵丕賱爻賲賰丞-丕賱爻賷賮 賴賷 丕賱賴丿賮 丕賱賲賳卮賵丿貙 賵丕賱賯乇賵卮 賴賷 丕賱賲氐丕毓亘貙 賵丕賱爻賰賷賳 賵丕賱丨乇亘丞 賴賷 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 賵丕賱賯賵丞 賵兀丿賵丕鬲 丕賱賲賵丕噩賴丞. 賯氐丞 丕賱賰賮丕丨 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷 賵丕匕丕 賮賯丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 爻賱丕丨丕賸 (賮賯丿 丕賱氐賷丕丿 丨乇亘鬲賴貙 丕賳賰爻乇 爻賰賷賳賴貙 賮賯丿 丕賱賴乇丕賵丞 賱丕丨賯丕賸) 毓賱賷賴 亘廿亘鬲丿丕毓 丨賱 噩丿賷丿 丨鬲賶 賷氐賱 丕賱賶 亘乇賾 丕賱兀賲丕賳.
- 賯氐丞 賲賲賷夭丞 兀賳氐丨 丕賱噩賲賷毓 亘賴丕.
- 賯亘賱 丕賱卮乇賵毓 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 亘丿 丕賳 丕匕賰乇 卮賷卅丕賸 卮禺氐賷丕賸貙 賮兀賳丕 丕賰乇賴 氐賷丿 丕賱爻賲賰貙 賱兀賳賳賷 賱丕 丕賲鬲賱賰 丕賱氐亘乇 丕賱賲賳丕爻亘 賱匕賱賰 乇睾賲 丕賳賷 丨丕賵賱鬲: 賮賮賷 丕賱賲乇丞 丕賱丕賵賱賶 睾賮賵鬲 賮賷 丕賱賯丕乇亘 賵賮賷 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 鬲乇賰鬲 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 賵睾丕丿乇鬲 丕賲丕 賮賷 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賮匕賴亘鬲 丕賱賶 賲賷賳丕 丕亘賵 馗亘賷 賵丕卮鬲乇賷鬲 丕賱兀爻賲丕賰 賵丕賱乇賵亘賷丕賳 丕賱毓賲丕賳賷 賵毓丿鬲 賲爻乇賵乇丕賸 :)貙 賱賰賳賳賷 丕賯丿乇 "氐賷丿 丕賱爻賲賰" 賰賲賴賳丞 賵丕丨鬲乇賲賴丕 噩丿丕賸 乇睾賲 毓丿賲 鬲賮賴賲賷 丕賵 丕爻鬲賷毓丕亘賷 賱賴丕 賰賴賵丕賷丞貙 賱賰賳賴丕 鬲亘賯賶 丕賲賵乇 卮禺氐賷丞.
- 丕賱賯氐丞 亘馗丕賴乇賴丕 毓賳 氐賷丕丿 爻賲賰 賴乇賲賺貙 賷毓丕賰爻賴 丨馗賾賴 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 80 賷賵賲丕賸貙 賱賰賳 亘毓丿賴丕 賷丨丕賱賮賴 丕賱丨馗 亘兀賰亘乇 爻賲賰丞 賯丿 丕氐胤丕丿賴丕 賷賵賲丕賸 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 丕賱賶 賯鬲賱賴 毓丿丞 兀爻賲丕賰 賯乇卮 亘胤乇賷賯賴. 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丕賱爻乇丿 賵丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕賯丕賲賴丕 賴賲賳睾賵丕賷 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞 賵丿賯賷賯丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 賲賳賷乇 丕賱亘毓賱亘賰賷 賰丕賳鬲 噩賷丿丞 噩丿丕賸.
- 乇睾賲 丕賳 "丕賱氐亘乇" 賷賱賵丨 賰孬賷賲丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賱賰賳賳賷 丕爻鬲亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賰賱賷丕賸貙 賮丨爻亘賲丕 丕乇賶 丕賳 丕賱孬賷賲丞 賴賷 "丕賱賰賮丕丨" 賵賱賷爻 丕賱賰賮丕丨 賮賷 爻亘賷賱 丕賱乇夭賯 丕賵 丕賱乇亘丨 丕賱賲丕丿賷 亘賱 丕賱賰賮丕丨 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕卮亘丕毓 丕賱睾乇賵乇 丕賱匕丕鬲賷 賵丕孬亘丕鬲 丕賱賲孬亘鬲 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱氐賷丕丿 賳賮爻賴 賯亘賱 丕孬亘丕鬲賴 丕賲丕賲 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳! 賵賴匕丕 賷鬲囟丨 賮賷 毓丿丞 丕賲丕賰賳 丨賷孬 賷氐乇賾丨 丕賱氐賷丕丿 亘匕賱賰. 賮丕賱氐賷丕丿 丕賱賴乇賲 丕賱匕賷 賷賲鬲賱賰 亘噩毓亘鬲賴 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丨賷賱 賵丕賱鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賵賱丕賸 賵賰賷賮賷丞 丕氐胤賷丕丿 丕賱爻賲賰 孬丕賳賷丕賸 丕乇丕丿 丕賳 賷孬亘鬲 賱賳賮爻賴 丕賳賴 賱丕 夭丕賱 匕賱賰 "丕賱亘胤賱" 丕賱匕賷 毓賴丿賴 賮賷 卮亘丕亘賴 賵丕賳 丕賱爻賳賷賳 賱賲 鬲囟毓賮賴 賵丕賳 丕賱賲爻兀賱丞 賲賳 丕賵賱賴丕 賱丌禺乇賴丕 賲噩乇丿 丨馗 毓丕孬乇 賱丕 亘丿 丕賳 賷賳噩賱賷!
- 丕賱孬賷賲丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賴賷 "丕賱氐丿丕賯丞" 賵賯丿 丕亘丿毓 賴賲賳睾賵丕賷 賮賷 賳爻噩 賴匕賴 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱睾賱丕賲 賵爻丕賳鬲賷丕噩賵貙 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱賲鬲丿乇亘 亘丕賱賲丿乇亘 賵丕賱氐睾賷乇 亘丕賱賰亘賷乇貙 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲兀乇噩丨 亘賷賳 丕賱賲丨亘丞 賵丕賱卮賮賯丞 賵丕賱廿賯鬲丿丕亍 賵丕賱孬賯丞.
- 丕賱賯氐丞 亘亘丕胤賳賴丕 兀亘毓丿 賲賳 氐賷丕丿 賵丕賵爻毓 賲賳 亘丨乇! 賵鬲丨鬲賲賱 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱丕鬲: 賮賴賷 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 賯氐丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 匕丕鬲賴丕貙 丨賷孬 丕賱氐賷丕丿 賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 亘丕賱賲胤賱賯貙 賵丕賱爻賲賰丞-丕賱爻賷賮 賴賷 丕賱賴丿賮 丕賱賲賳卮賵丿貙 賵丕賱賯乇賵卮 賴賷 丕賱賲氐丕毓亘貙 賵丕賱爻賰賷賳 賵丕賱丨乇亘丞 賴賷 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 賵丕賱賯賵丞 賵兀丿賵丕鬲 丕賱賲賵丕噩賴丞. 賯氐丞 丕賱賰賮丕丨 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷 賵丕匕丕 賮賯丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 爻賱丕丨丕賸 (賮賯丿 丕賱氐賷丕丿 丨乇亘鬲賴貙 丕賳賰爻乇 爻賰賷賳賴貙 賮賯丿 丕賱賴乇丕賵丞 賱丕丨賯丕賸) 毓賱賷賴 亘廿亘鬲丿丕毓 丨賱 噩丿賷丿 丨鬲賶 賷氐賱 丕賱賶 亘乇賾 丕賱兀賲丕賳.
- 賯氐丞 賲賲賷夭丞 兀賳氐丨 丕賱噩賲賷毓 亘賴丕.
March 3, 2018
My children and I were crossing a bridge in Rome. Our senses were acutely sharpened. We were aware of each minute spent in this capital of human storytelling, of the neverending drama of human culture and nature in interaction and in occasional clashes. Looking out over the river, my son and I spot the sorry remains of a boat, just the bare metal frame without any "flesh", and we instinctively say at the same time:
"Hemingway's old man!"
We look at each other, smile at our simultaneous association, and start arguing whether or not one can see the fish in the same way as a boat, or whether the destruction of the boat is a more definitive loss. While we are arguing, my younger children are enquiring about the story we discuss, and we give them the details.
"Losing something means you really had it!"
That is their conclusion, and while my eldest son and I start pondering whether or not the younger two are ready for the old man and the sea in Hemingway's own words, we continue walking, and life goes on, and a new generation of Hemingway readers find sense and meaning in his parable on the human struggle.
We feel like saying: "I'm sorry, boat!", in the same way the old man said: "I'm sorry, fish!"
But the fact that it lies there showing its naked metal ribs tells us it truly existed. That's more than nothing. And it is not a bad place for a boat to rest. Just like the old man and the fish are in good hands between the covers of a Hemingway novel.
Nothing's lost as long as we can tell stories about it.
Brilliant parable of man's struggle with nature and himself. Beautifully written. One of my favorite Hemingways.
PS: And a Pulitzer that I don't find disappointing.
"Hemingway's old man!"
We look at each other, smile at our simultaneous association, and start arguing whether or not one can see the fish in the same way as a boat, or whether the destruction of the boat is a more definitive loss. While we are arguing, my younger children are enquiring about the story we discuss, and we give them the details.
"Losing something means you really had it!"
That is their conclusion, and while my eldest son and I start pondering whether or not the younger two are ready for the old man and the sea in Hemingway's own words, we continue walking, and life goes on, and a new generation of Hemingway readers find sense and meaning in his parable on the human struggle.
We feel like saying: "I'm sorry, boat!", in the same way the old man said: "I'm sorry, fish!"
But the fact that it lies there showing its naked metal ribs tells us it truly existed. That's more than nothing. And it is not a bad place for a boat to rest. Just like the old man and the fish are in good hands between the covers of a Hemingway novel.
Nothing's lost as long as we can tell stories about it.
Brilliant parable of man's struggle with nature and himself. Beautifully written. One of my favorite Hemingways.
PS: And a Pulitzer that I don't find disappointing.
November 21, 2014
The wolves will come...
I started this in high spirits as my updates show: "fifth re-read, how thrilling it is to plumb new depths in old wells of wisdom..."
But, as I read on towards the last few pages, I couldn't shake the feeling that this is set in an alternate universe.
In this alternate universe:
The Giant Leviathan is a noble, unseen fish - steady and without malice.
Captain Ahab is transformed into a gentle, wise old zen master. Santiago - a humble fisherman with no legendary crew to command and only his frail body instead of a Pequod to do his bidding.
Ishmael is a young boy, who instead of being a "end is nigh" Nostradamus is a loving, weeping young boy who cares deeply about the world.
Queequeg is probably the dolphin which was the old man's only hope against his foe, his brother.
Now Moby Dick for me was the grand struggle of an obsessed genius with his destiny (in fact, about the creative struggle) - it proves that life is a tragedy and in the grand conclusion, you go down with a mighty confrontation and your ambitions take you down to the depths of the sea - no trace left of either you or your grand dreams except a mist of madness propagated as a half-heard story.
This was profound and it moved me to tears - but it was still grand, was it not? The great struggle, the titanic battle and the heroic capitulation! It was operatic and it was uplifting - even amidst the tragedy, the mighty bellow of man's cry in the face of the unconquerable; that gave me goosebumps.
But and his Old Man has turned the story on its head.
It takes you beyond the happily-ever-after of Moby Dick (!) and as always those unchartered waters are beyond description. This alternate universe is much more cruel and much more real. There is no grand confrontation that ends in an inspirational tragedy.
It turns it into a battle of attrition - you are inevitably defeated even in success and life will wear you down and leave no trace of your ambitions.
It makes you battle to the last breaking point of every nerve and sinew and lets you win a hollow victory that you cannot celebrate as life has worn you out too much in your pursuit of your goals and the destiny, the destiny too now seems more and more unreal and you ask yourself if you were even worthy enough to start the battle.
And as you turn back after that jaded victory, then comes the sharks, inevitably, inexorably. And then begins the real battle, not the grand epic, but a doomed, unenthusiastic battle against reality - with the knowledge that no grand ambition can ever succeed.
And the old man tells it for you - "I never should have gone out that far!"
The alternate universe is depressing and it is Zen at the same time, I do not know how. I probably have to read this many more times before any hope, any secret light in it comes to illuminate me - for today, for this reading, Hemingway has depressed me beyond belief and I cannot remember how I always thought of this as an inspirational fable!
The scene in which the restaurant lady sees the bones of the once great fish sums it up for me - In the end you give up hope of success and only wish that at the very least you might be able to bring back a ghost of the fish so that people can see how great your target really was - but all they see is the almost vanished skeleton of your idea; your grand dreams are just so much garbage now and who will have the imagination to see the grandeur it had at its conception?
I started this in high spirits as my updates show: "fifth re-read, how thrilling it is to plumb new depths in old wells of wisdom..."
But, as I read on towards the last few pages, I couldn't shake the feeling that this is set in an alternate universe.
In this alternate universe:
The Giant Leviathan is a noble, unseen fish - steady and without malice.
Captain Ahab is transformed into a gentle, wise old zen master. Santiago - a humble fisherman with no legendary crew to command and only his frail body instead of a Pequod to do his bidding.
Ishmael is a young boy, who instead of being a "end is nigh" Nostradamus is a loving, weeping young boy who cares deeply about the world.
Queequeg is probably the dolphin which was the old man's only hope against his foe, his brother.
Now Moby Dick for me was the grand struggle of an obsessed genius with his destiny (in fact, about the creative struggle) - it proves that life is a tragedy and in the grand conclusion, you go down with a mighty confrontation and your ambitions take you down to the depths of the sea - no trace left of either you or your grand dreams except a mist of madness propagated as a half-heard story.
This was profound and it moved me to tears - but it was still grand, was it not? The great struggle, the titanic battle and the heroic capitulation! It was operatic and it was uplifting - even amidst the tragedy, the mighty bellow of man's cry in the face of the unconquerable; that gave me goosebumps.
But and his Old Man has turned the story on its head.
It takes you beyond the happily-ever-after of Moby Dick (!) and as always those unchartered waters are beyond description. This alternate universe is much more cruel and much more real. There is no grand confrontation that ends in an inspirational tragedy.
It turns it into a battle of attrition - you are inevitably defeated even in success and life will wear you down and leave no trace of your ambitions.
It makes you battle to the last breaking point of every nerve and sinew and lets you win a hollow victory that you cannot celebrate as life has worn you out too much in your pursuit of your goals and the destiny, the destiny too now seems more and more unreal and you ask yourself if you were even worthy enough to start the battle.
And as you turn back after that jaded victory, then comes the sharks, inevitably, inexorably. And then begins the real battle, not the grand epic, but a doomed, unenthusiastic battle against reality - with the knowledge that no grand ambition can ever succeed.
And the old man tells it for you - "I never should have gone out that far!"
The alternate universe is depressing and it is Zen at the same time, I do not know how. I probably have to read this many more times before any hope, any secret light in it comes to illuminate me - for today, for this reading, Hemingway has depressed me beyond belief and I cannot remember how I always thought of this as an inspirational fable!
The scene in which the restaurant lady sees the bones of the once great fish sums it up for me - In the end you give up hope of success and only wish that at the very least you might be able to bring back a ghost of the fish so that people can see how great your target really was - but all they see is the almost vanished skeleton of your idea; your grand dreams are just so much garbage now and who will have the imagination to see the grandeur it had at its conception?
鈥淭hey beat me, Manolin,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey truly beat me.鈥�
鈥淗e didn鈥檛 beat you. Not the fish.鈥�
鈥淣o. Truly. It was afterwards.鈥�
December 28, 2019
Loved this book. One of my favorites. I really don't understand why this book doesn't have a higher overall rating. I like Hemingway and I think this is one of his better ones. I guess it's because it doesn't get in the way of itself like some of his other works. This one is straightforward, great descriptions in a man vs nature story.
Highly recommend.
David Putnam author of The Bruno Johnson series.
Highly recommend.
David Putnam author of The Bruno Johnson series.
November 22, 2024
脦mi aduce mereu aminte de Moby-Dick, de葯i resemnatul pescar Santiago este la antipodul aprigului c膬pitan Ahab. B膬tr卯nul Santiago nu vrea s膬 se r膬zbune pe nimeni: el se lupt膬 s膬 aduc膬 un pe葯te uria葯 la 葲膬rm 葯i este 卯nfr卯nt de cruzimea indiferent膬 a naturii. Doar at卯t. Povestirea e 卯n mare parte monologul lui Santiago:
Dup膬 ce a tip膬rit, 卯n 1952, povestirea The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway a fost scandalizat de 卯ndr膬zneala comentariilor (mitologice, simbolice, arhetipale etc.). Uimit - 艧i pe bun膬 dreptate! - de natura strident metafizic膬 a multor recenzii, autorul a exclamat 卯ntr-un interviu: 鈥濧ici [卯n B膬tr卯nul 艧i marea - n.m.] nu exist膬 nici un simbolism. Marea e mare, b膬tr卯nul e b膬tr卯n, copilul e copil 艧i pe艧tele e pe艧te. 脦ntreg simbolismul presupus de cititori e vorb膬 goal膬 艧i nerozie: All the symbolism that people say is shit ". S膬 mai spun c膬 avertismentul prozatorului nu a fost respectat? Spun.
Nu mi-au pl膬cut, totu葯i, frecventele declara葲ii cu privire la m膬re葲ia 葯i noble葲ea omului. Mi-au adus aminte de lozincile existen葲ialiste din anii '40-'50 ai secolului trecut:
Foarte frumos! Dar asta rezult膬 din povestirea lui Santiago, nu mai e nevoie s-o proclami...
鈥濶u-s vreun credincios, zise el. Dar ca s膬 prind pe艧tele 膬sta, o s膬 zic de zece ori 芦Tat膬l nostru禄 艧i de zece ori 芦Bucur膬-te, Marie禄 艧i m膬 leg c膬 dac膬 o s膬-l prind, o s膬 merg 卯n pelerinaj la Sf卯nta Fecioar膬 din Cobre. F膬g膬duiesc s-o fac鈥�.
鈥濫 a艧a de simplu atunci c卯nd e艧ti 卯nfr卯nt. Nu mi-am dat seama niciodat膬 c卯t de simplu e. 艦i cine te-a 卯nfrnt? - se 卯ntreb膬 apoi. Nimeni, 卯艧i r膬spunse singur...鈥�.
Dup膬 ce a tip膬rit, 卯n 1952, povestirea The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway a fost scandalizat de 卯ndr膬zneala comentariilor (mitologice, simbolice, arhetipale etc.). Uimit - 艧i pe bun膬 dreptate! - de natura strident metafizic膬 a multor recenzii, autorul a exclamat 卯ntr-un interviu: 鈥濧ici [卯n B膬tr卯nul 艧i marea - n.m.] nu exist膬 nici un simbolism. Marea e mare, b膬tr卯nul e b膬tr卯n, copilul e copil 艧i pe艧tele e pe艧te. 脦ntreg simbolismul presupus de cititori e vorb膬 goal膬 艧i nerozie: All the symbolism that people say is shit ". S膬 mai spun c膬 avertismentul prozatorului nu a fost respectat? Spun.
Nu mi-au pl膬cut, totu葯i, frecventele declara葲ii cu privire la m膬re葲ia 葯i noble葲ea omului. Mi-au adus aminte de lozincile existen葲ialiste din anii '40-'50 ai secolului trecut:
鈥濶u exist膬 niciun fel de traducere pentru acest cuv卯nt 艧i poate c膬 nici nu-i de fapt dec卯t sunetul pe care l-ar scoate involuntar un om c卯nd ar sim牛i cum pironul i se 卯nfige 卯n m卯ini 艧i p膬trunde 卯n lemn鈥� (probabil o aluzie la Iisus). 葮i 卯nc膬 una: 鈥濪ar omul nu e f膬cut s膬 fie 卯nfr卯nt, declam膬 el. Un om poate fi distrus, dar nu 卯nfr卯nt鈥�.
Foarte frumos! Dar asta rezult膬 din povestirea lui Santiago, nu mai e nevoie s-o proclami...
August 5, 2024
In less than 100 pages, this book will make you appreciate your non-fishing hobbies.
October 7, 2022
鈥淗e was an old man who fished alone in a skiff on the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days without a fish.鈥�
A masterpiece.
I know that many many young people are still forced to read this book in school and don鈥檛 quite get what all the hoopla is about, but I think it is not written with young people primarily in mind. There is the boy that supports the old man, true, but as with other stories about old people facing hardship鈥擪ing Lear comes to mind鈥擨 think other stories may connect better for young people. I know I read this as a young man, maybe first at 14, and liked it just fine, then taught it in various settings, and don鈥檛 think I appreciated it anywhere as much in any previous reading as I do now. Maybe because now I begin to approach the age of the old man!
鈥淓verything about him was old except his eyes and they were the color of the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.鈥�
When I grew up my Dad and his brother Joe took me out fishing for decades, teaching me each time we went out how to fish. Always teaching me. We fished for decades perch and walleye and pike in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on Lake Manistique. In a boat with a small motor and oars. Or fishing for Coho Salmon and Lake Trout in a larger boat ten-twelve miles out Lake Michigan. Neither of them spoke much in the boat, nor encouraged me to speak, or do much of anything but focus on the fishing lines before me as if in some religious observance. We鈥檇 be out on the lake before dawn and get back at dusk. I loved then as now to read, but this was not allowed, really, in the boat. Full concentration was required. I learned how to respond in such a way that I would keep the fish on the line and not allow him to spit out the hook. I learned the very specific strategies for reeling them in. I learned how the fisherman and the fish were in contest, and this required presence in every moment.
鈥淣ow alone, and out of sight of land, he was fast to the biggest fish he had ever seen and the biggest he had ever heard of. . .鈥�
I had not read this book for decades, not since my Dad died, now many years ago, so that was part of my reading this time, connecting it to my Dad and fishing with my Dad and Uncle Joe, in a way. I didn鈥檛 think much about my own parenting or mentoring, as much, actually, though the book is about that, too.
The book conveys in simple language the fight of one man鈥檚 life, for days alone attempting to reel in the largest fish he has ever encountered, who drags him on the line farther and farther out to sea. If you like to fish, this is also a fine book. It鈥檚 a Biggest Fish Ever story. And if you like nature, you learn about the importance of the sea and various birds and fish. It's the outdoors, where Hem always preferred to be, a place of purity.
鈥淏lessed Virgin, pray for the death of this fish. As wonderful as he is.鈥�
In the process Hemingway manages to convey several dimensions of his code for living: Courage, humility, endurance, respect for others. And then, it's not about the fish, it's about what it means to be fully human, to the very end. Right, it can be read as allegory.
So, in this match with. . . death, he鈥檚 resourceful: 鈥淣o, no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what you have.鈥�
鈥淚 will show him what a man can do and what a man can endure.鈥�
鈥淎 man can be destroyed but not defeated.鈥�
Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for this book, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, the nearest west suburb of Chicago. He died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in Idaho in 1961. I thought of that fact while reading this book, about whether Papa had finally been defeated, out of emotional resources himself at the very end. But as he aged, he wrote one hell of a book about "the human condition," about aging, about the importance of surviving whatever challenges we may face today, about hope and striving, as inspiration for the rest of us.
A masterpiece.
I know that many many young people are still forced to read this book in school and don鈥檛 quite get what all the hoopla is about, but I think it is not written with young people primarily in mind. There is the boy that supports the old man, true, but as with other stories about old people facing hardship鈥擪ing Lear comes to mind鈥擨 think other stories may connect better for young people. I know I read this as a young man, maybe first at 14, and liked it just fine, then taught it in various settings, and don鈥檛 think I appreciated it anywhere as much in any previous reading as I do now. Maybe because now I begin to approach the age of the old man!
鈥淓verything about him was old except his eyes and they were the color of the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.鈥�
When I grew up my Dad and his brother Joe took me out fishing for decades, teaching me each time we went out how to fish. Always teaching me. We fished for decades perch and walleye and pike in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on Lake Manistique. In a boat with a small motor and oars. Or fishing for Coho Salmon and Lake Trout in a larger boat ten-twelve miles out Lake Michigan. Neither of them spoke much in the boat, nor encouraged me to speak, or do much of anything but focus on the fishing lines before me as if in some religious observance. We鈥檇 be out on the lake before dawn and get back at dusk. I loved then as now to read, but this was not allowed, really, in the boat. Full concentration was required. I learned how to respond in such a way that I would keep the fish on the line and not allow him to spit out the hook. I learned the very specific strategies for reeling them in. I learned how the fisherman and the fish were in contest, and this required presence in every moment.
鈥淣ow alone, and out of sight of land, he was fast to the biggest fish he had ever seen and the biggest he had ever heard of. . .鈥�
I had not read this book for decades, not since my Dad died, now many years ago, so that was part of my reading this time, connecting it to my Dad and fishing with my Dad and Uncle Joe, in a way. I didn鈥檛 think much about my own parenting or mentoring, as much, actually, though the book is about that, too.
The book conveys in simple language the fight of one man鈥檚 life, for days alone attempting to reel in the largest fish he has ever encountered, who drags him on the line farther and farther out to sea. If you like to fish, this is also a fine book. It鈥檚 a Biggest Fish Ever story. And if you like nature, you learn about the importance of the sea and various birds and fish. It's the outdoors, where Hem always preferred to be, a place of purity.
鈥淏lessed Virgin, pray for the death of this fish. As wonderful as he is.鈥�
In the process Hemingway manages to convey several dimensions of his code for living: Courage, humility, endurance, respect for others. And then, it's not about the fish, it's about what it means to be fully human, to the very end. Right, it can be read as allegory.
So, in this match with. . . death, he鈥檚 resourceful: 鈥淣o, no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what you have.鈥�
鈥淚 will show him what a man can do and what a man can endure.鈥�
鈥淎 man can be destroyed but not defeated.鈥�
Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for this book, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, the nearest west suburb of Chicago. He died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in Idaho in 1961. I thought of that fact while reading this book, about whether Papa had finally been defeated, out of emotional resources himself at the very end. But as he aged, he wrote one hell of a book about "the human condition," about aging, about the importance of surviving whatever challenges we may face today, about hope and striving, as inspiration for the rest of us.
May 17, 2024
The Old Man and The Sea is a short story by Ernest Hemingway which talks about an old lonely fisherman who was being shunned as he was considered bad luck when it comes to fishing and those who live around. Except for a young boy who takes care that he sleeps, eats and carry on with his normal daily routine, the old man lives a rather lonely life who takes pleasure in talking about baseball and his old fishing adventures.
The plot revolves around two days and nights when he sets out to get hold of a big fish being unable to haul it alone and getting carried by the fish until he reaches the shore.
I enjoyed reading about this character who's symbolic of resilience, loneliness, adventurous spirit and the writing is thoroughly engaging till the end.
I feel how the book ends leaves m the readers as how to interpret the story in their own terms, mine being the main character showed what he could do inspite of all the challenges and the constant criticism he was facing.
This is my second read from the author, the first being A Farewell To Arms which I read years ago and loved it inspite of the unlikeable main character. Looking forward to read more of the author's work.
The author's life story is pretty interesting as well. Love how this book's introduction gave a short information on the author.
The plot revolves around two days and nights when he sets out to get hold of a big fish being unable to haul it alone and getting carried by the fish until he reaches the shore.
I enjoyed reading about this character who's symbolic of resilience, loneliness, adventurous spirit and the writing is thoroughly engaging till the end.
I feel how the book ends leaves m the readers as how to interpret the story in their own terms, mine being the main character showed what he could do inspite of all the challenges and the constant criticism he was facing.
This is my second read from the author, the first being A Farewell To Arms which I read years ago and loved it inspite of the unlikeable main character. Looking forward to read more of the author's work.
The author's life story is pretty interesting as well. Love how this book's introduction gave a short information on the author.
October 29, 2020
I believe The Old Man and the Sea reflects Ernest Hemingway鈥檚 own life crisis鈥�
Any fishing feats, even picturesquely portrayed, don鈥檛 sound like some heroic doings鈥�
If the caught fish, however big, is man鈥檚 greatest achievement then his life is frittered away鈥�
Any fishing feats, even picturesquely portrayed, don鈥檛 sound like some heroic doings鈥�
The sun was rising for the third time since he had put to sea when the fish started to circle. He could not see by the slant of the line that the fish was circling. It was too early for that. He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand. It tightened, as always, but just when he reached the point where it would break, line began to come in. He slipped his shoulders and head from under the line and began to pull in line steadily and gently. He used both of his hands in a swinging motion and tried to do the pulling as much as he could with his body and his legs. His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling.
If the caught fish, however big, is man鈥檚 greatest achievement then his life is frittered away鈥�
December 13, 2022
"Un hombre puede ser destruido, pero no derrotado."
Cuando yo era chico, a la edad de diez a帽os, acostumbraba a acompa帽ar a mi pap谩 a pescar. A m铆 no me gustaba la pesca, pero me encantaba verlo a 茅l en todo el esplendor de su pasi贸n.
Mi padre era carpintero, pero los domingos acostumbraba a subir a su lancha 鈥淕ui-Fer II鈥� que hab铆a reconstruido (era un bote de salvamento de un viejo barco pesquero llamado "Cristo Rey") y pasaba toda la ma帽ana y la tarde pescando en su querida laguna 鈥淏rava鈥�.
Una tarde, nos llev贸 a un lugar m谩s lejano llamado 鈥淟a cueva del tigre鈥�, que se parece m谩s a la locaci贸n de una novela de Joseph Conrad que de un lugar para ir a pescar. Arm贸 su equipo (era un profesional en esto) para pescar corvinas y comenz贸, hasta que en un momento enganch贸 algo realmente pesado. Intu铆a que era un pez enorme. Le llev贸 un trabajo tit谩nico y una lucha de cuarenta y cinco minutos sacarlo y todo esto haciendo pie en un lugar lleno de algas resbaladizas y con un equipo de pesca para peces de mucho menor peso y tama帽o.
Extenuado y con los brazos doloridos, finalmente lo sac贸. Era un tibur贸n leopardo de 2,10 metros de largo y 42 kilogramos. Una pieza realmente excelente que en su desesperaci贸n cuando se encontr贸 fuera del agua intent贸 tirarle un mordisc贸n a un pescador que con la mano quiso agarrarlo de la cabeza. Lo llevaron en un Jeep hasta un lugar en donde lo colgaron y mi padre se sac贸 una foto (que lamentablemente ya no tengo) exhibiendo orgulloso su trofeo. Recuerdo que en la foto, la cola del tibur贸n se doblaba por el piso. No pudieron extenderlo en su totalidad desde el malacate. Jam谩s en mi vida vi a alguien pescar algo tan grande.
鈥淓l viejo y el mar鈥� es una novela inolvidable para m铆, porque me remite siempre a esa experiencia que viv铆 con mi padre. La lucha de Santiago con semejante pez es m谩s agotadora y le lleva m谩s tiempo pero la similitud entre ambas 鈥渓uchas鈥� es sorprendente.
Esta novela le fue encargada a Hemingway por la revista Time y gracias a ella gan贸 el premio Pulitzer en 1953 y adem谩s le sirvi贸 de espaldarazo para ganar el premio Novel un a帽o despu茅s.
Es tambi茅n un ejemplo de tenacidad, de superaci贸n y fortaleza porque el viejo Santiago nunca se rinde. Pelea y pelea hasta el final y de esa lucha sin tregua primero contra el pez y luego contra los tiburones que de a poco van despedazando su presa pero no cede hasta arribar al puerto con los restos que le quedan del pez. De toda esta historia surge la frase m谩s famosa del libro: "Un hombre puede ser destruido, pero no derrotado."
En el caso de la novela se aplica a la lucha de este pescador durante toda su traves铆a pero es algo que todos podemos aplicar en cualquier aspecto de nuestras vidas.
Es un libro muy corto y se disfruta much铆simo. Yo lo recomiendo mucho.
Santiago es para m铆, Oscar, mi pap谩, a quien ya no tengo conmigo pero que llevo siempre presente en mi coraz贸n.
Cuando yo era chico, a la edad de diez a帽os, acostumbraba a acompa帽ar a mi pap谩 a pescar. A m铆 no me gustaba la pesca, pero me encantaba verlo a 茅l en todo el esplendor de su pasi贸n.
Mi padre era carpintero, pero los domingos acostumbraba a subir a su lancha 鈥淕ui-Fer II鈥� que hab铆a reconstruido (era un bote de salvamento de un viejo barco pesquero llamado "Cristo Rey") y pasaba toda la ma帽ana y la tarde pescando en su querida laguna 鈥淏rava鈥�.
Una tarde, nos llev贸 a un lugar m谩s lejano llamado 鈥淟a cueva del tigre鈥�, que se parece m谩s a la locaci贸n de una novela de Joseph Conrad que de un lugar para ir a pescar. Arm贸 su equipo (era un profesional en esto) para pescar corvinas y comenz贸, hasta que en un momento enganch贸 algo realmente pesado. Intu铆a que era un pez enorme. Le llev贸 un trabajo tit谩nico y una lucha de cuarenta y cinco minutos sacarlo y todo esto haciendo pie en un lugar lleno de algas resbaladizas y con un equipo de pesca para peces de mucho menor peso y tama帽o.
Extenuado y con los brazos doloridos, finalmente lo sac贸. Era un tibur贸n leopardo de 2,10 metros de largo y 42 kilogramos. Una pieza realmente excelente que en su desesperaci贸n cuando se encontr贸 fuera del agua intent贸 tirarle un mordisc贸n a un pescador que con la mano quiso agarrarlo de la cabeza. Lo llevaron en un Jeep hasta un lugar en donde lo colgaron y mi padre se sac贸 una foto (que lamentablemente ya no tengo) exhibiendo orgulloso su trofeo. Recuerdo que en la foto, la cola del tibur贸n se doblaba por el piso. No pudieron extenderlo en su totalidad desde el malacate. Jam谩s en mi vida vi a alguien pescar algo tan grande.
鈥淓l viejo y el mar鈥� es una novela inolvidable para m铆, porque me remite siempre a esa experiencia que viv铆 con mi padre. La lucha de Santiago con semejante pez es m谩s agotadora y le lleva m谩s tiempo pero la similitud entre ambas 鈥渓uchas鈥� es sorprendente.
Esta novela le fue encargada a Hemingway por la revista Time y gracias a ella gan贸 el premio Pulitzer en 1953 y adem谩s le sirvi贸 de espaldarazo para ganar el premio Novel un a帽o despu茅s.
Es tambi茅n un ejemplo de tenacidad, de superaci贸n y fortaleza porque el viejo Santiago nunca se rinde. Pelea y pelea hasta el final y de esa lucha sin tregua primero contra el pez y luego contra los tiburones que de a poco van despedazando su presa pero no cede hasta arribar al puerto con los restos que le quedan del pez. De toda esta historia surge la frase m谩s famosa del libro: "Un hombre puede ser destruido, pero no derrotado."
En el caso de la novela se aplica a la lucha de este pescador durante toda su traves铆a pero es algo que todos podemos aplicar en cualquier aspecto de nuestras vidas.
Es un libro muy corto y se disfruta much铆simo. Yo lo recomiendo mucho.
Santiago es para m铆, Oscar, mi pap谩, a quien ya no tengo conmigo pero que llevo siempre presente en mi coraz贸n.
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