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The Old Man and The Sea (Annual Review of the Institute for Information Studies) | 
| Author: Ernest Hemingway
Creator: Charlton Heston
Publisher: Caedmon
Category: Book
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Rating:  700 reviews
Sales Rank: 819800
Format: Unabridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0898459524
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
EAN: 9780898459524
ASIN: 0898459524
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work: "The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords." Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame: Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air. If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator: "The old man was dreaming about the lions." Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career. --James Marcus
Product Description
Ernest Hemingway took great pride in using an economy of carefully measured words and tightly wrought phrases in his writing. Nominated for Grammy, this recording of The Old Man and Sea is perfect example of Hemingway's precision and is read here in its entirety by Oscar-winning actor Charlton Heston. A novella, The Old Man and Sea tells the story of an old fisherman, Santiago, and his long lusty struggle isn't so much over one fish, but the act of living--living fully, actively, robustly. Charlton Heston is marvelous in this recording with his voice adding a quality and texture to Hemingway's words that will engage listeners completely.
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 This book is about you, not some Old Man. June 27, 2009
Clay E. Hudgins (Southwest and Southeast USA)
When you visit Key West, Florida, be sure to visit the Hemmingway House. In the yard by the pool in plain view, you will see the old-school tub-style urinal that Hemmingway purchased from the Sloppy Joe Bar. Saying that he `wanted a reminder of how much money he had p*ssed away there.' Only such an earthy genius could write this book. Here in a short read we have life, death, youth, age, victory, defeat, fate, hope, and brotherly love. The wonder of life told as allegory: The Old Man and the Sea. This book is about you, not some Old Man. Or, at least as I read it, I felt is was about me.
 Dull, boring, and repetitive. May 17, 2009
Austin Somlo (Vincentown, NJ)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Old Man and the Sea is short and sweet, and also it is so boring that the pages are repetitive of the same details. I could have skipped some and not to miss a thing. By the time the Old Man gets to slay fish and sharks, he is feeling like a hero at the end of the day. To me, he is just a loser who happened to kill bunch of animals to prove his worth. Come on, get a life. All in all, The Old Man and the Sea is a dull read.
"Man can be destroyed but not defeated..." May 12, 2009
Olivia Joy (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This novelette is so simple and so beautiful. For some, it could be boring and plain. But for people who appreciate characters, beautiful words, or hidden themes, then it is a must read. It's very short with no chapters, but it is like a treasure chest full of character traits, different themes and allusions, and heart-warming situations. I read a lot of classics, so I was never bored with it. It is a slow moving book, but if you read it with an open mind or an appreciation for classic literature, I think you might enjoy it. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone younger than 16, just because it is a book you should think about when you read it. But if you are a deep-thinking 13-year-old, then give it a try. ;) No romance, very little thrilling suspense, not really any "adventure" in the sense of adventure like peril and such. It's simple, beautiful, moral, and a little slow, but a must-read classic.
My favorite quote:
"I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars." ~ Santiago, 'The Old Man and the Sea'
Perphaps the Greatest Short Novel May 4, 2009
E. Jackson (you don't need to know)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Perhaps one of the best short novels one will ever find is shown in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. Such a good read that Hemingway, an American born writer, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for it. Later, he won the Noble Price in Literature in 1954 partly because of The Old Man and the Sea. It tells the meaningful story of an old fisherman and his relationship with the sea and a young boy. The story is set in a Cuban fishing town. Santiago, the old man, is a long time fisher of sea. Everyday he wakes early, readies his small vessel, and then sets out in search of fish. Helping him is a young boy who loves the old man because Santiago taught the boy to fish. However, the boy is not allowed to fish with the old man because he catches very little presently. One day the routine of the old man is broken when he catches a giant marlin. The old man knows the fish and how they react. He decides to let the giant fish pull him until it tires and dies. So he undertakes this task. His hands blister, he is forced to eat raw and sour fish, and doesn't sleep for days, but he stays resolute. He battles his endurance with the great fish, which he regards with great respect. The story of his battle has such vitality that it caused me to compare it to the story of Jesus Christ's hardships. Do not be fooled by the reviews that claim that it is a children's book. It has enough meaning to make anyone, young and old, fall in love with the story. The story, although short, is definitely worth picking up.
HEMINGWAY'S FINEST WORK April 18, 2009
Hawk (Logar, Afghanistan)
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA is Hemingway's finest work.
This is the dream he sought as a young writer to
achieve--to create an entire work in prose that
reads as poetry--and he nailed it here, completely.
Viva Hemingway!
A profound sense of acceptance rocks in Hemingway's
epic story of Santiago's journey at sea--a sense of
acceptance found in few of Hemingway's other works of art.
There are profound connections in this magnificent novel
(outside of America, this book is often referred to as a novel)
to Buddhism, Sufi Islam, and Christianity.
And Hemingway, who once said, "The sea is my religion,"
touches a spiritual chord here that re-affirms one of
his maxims: Man can be defeated but not destroyed.
In Afghanistan, the lieutenants in the field are keen
on Hemingway, so I will quote one of them,
First Lieutenant Eric Schwirian, a 2007 graduate
of Drexel University and a solid US Army infantry
officer (Ranger & Airborne qualified):
"Hemingway never cheats, he gets the hook in you and brother, you stay hooked. My God he is a great writer. His work will live for as long as there are human beings." LONG LIVE HEMINGWAY!
Long life and blue skies,
Mike Tucker
Counterterrorism Specialist and Author
Logar, Afghanistan. 18 April, 2009
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