Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Book Review: The Old Man and The Sea

Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway -1952 cover 

 

I can't tell you how many times I have handed this book (with the earlier cover) to library patrons over the years. Yet, I had never read it! Not sure why.

It is a simple story covering less than a week, and focusing on a three-day battle between an old fisherman and a fish (shark). It includes a story of the interactions between the fisherman and a young man who spends time with him.

I am still parsing the meaning of the metaphor/analogy presented. I will need to think some more. 

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