Please note that I gave this book 4.5 stars and rounded it up to 5 stars on Goodreads.I have to say that this is a great little short story that you can finish within an hour. Besides the story becoming slightly repetitive after the old man goes out to try his hand at fishing, everything else in the...
I was going to do something really naughty. I read this book years ago in High School and wasn't particularly impressed namely because my English teacher and I never saw eye to eye; I preferred fantasy books to modern literature; and as far as I was concerned this was simply about a guy who got into...
This is the book of a friendship between a man and a boy, the book of the courage and the battle where the hope survive amongst the deepest misery. The language is mainly sustained by the action but Hemingway share as well the fisher's intimate thoughts, his internal conflicts for his 'friend' fish....
I decided to read this book last night for the Popsugar challenge and I finished it within a few hours. There are some great imagery described by the author in this book, although I am not sure I totally grasp the deeper meanings that are contained within the story. I enjoyed the story in itself, ev...
After eighty-five fishless days, Santiago hooks more than he bargained for. Can he battle everything the sea throws at him to land his prize?In the interest of reading a wider variety of things, I snapped this up like an eighteen-foot marlin bites a baited hook. It was definitely worth a read.The Ol...
I'm not a huge fan of Hemingway's, but I enjoy this book. Like many of you, I first read it in school. I listened to it this time because I happened to stumble upon it while perusing Audible and saw that Donald Sutherland narrated this particular version. I definitely recommend his performance. The ...
I really appreciate the way Hemingway wrote the simple tale of a old man. but still at some stages i felt it to be slightly boring and repetitive. that I say because I know nothing on fishing.so it took some time for me to come in terms with the words used.but once I got within the author's authorit...
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