Hemingway’s enduring story of resilience and solitude: One of the most powerful tales of courage and endurance ever written

An ageing fisherman sets out alone into the Gulf Stream, determined to prove that his strength and skill have not left him. When he hooks a great marlin, he begins a struggle that will test his pride and his place in the world. Simple, powerful and deeply moving, The Old Man and the Sea captures what it means to persist – even in the face of inevitable loss.

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"Stripped back and elemental, Hemingway’s parable remains one of the purest expressions of his inimitable style" - i