The old man and the sea

Name: The old man and the sea
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Autor: Ernest Hemingway

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Told in his famously powerful, minimalist prose, this story of courage and personal triumph remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most enduring works. Ernest Hemingway's final novel, The Old Man and the Sea, has become immortalized in American literature .

After years of fishing, the old fisherman Santiago hadn't caught a single fish in 84 days. That's why they called him a slob, or rather, a jinx of the worst kind. But he has courage, believes in himself, and sets out alone for the high seas, certain that this time, he will succeed in his work. This is the story of a man who lives with solitude, his dreams and thoughts, his struggle for survival, and his unshakable trust in life. With a tense plot that keeps the reader hooked, Hemingway wrote one of the most beautiful works of contemporary literature. A story imbued with a profound message of faith in humanity and its ability to overcome the limitations life imposes on us.

Using the simple yet powerful language of fables, Hemingway addresses universal and timeless themes such as perseverance in the face of adversity and the lessons we can learn from defeat in this magnificent 20th-century classic.

Written in 1952, The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a decisive factor in Hemingway's awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Along with contemporaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway was one of the most important writers of the so-called “Lost Generation” and inspired subsequent generations of American writers.

ISBN	978-852-861-798-6
Tradutor	Fernando de Castro Ferro
Altura	225 mm
Largura	155 mm
Profundidade	7 mm
Lançamento	02/09/2013
Páginas	126

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway é um dos pilares da literatura contemporânea mundial. Nascido em 1899, começou a escrever aos 18 anos para um jornal. Quando os Estados Unidos entraram na Primeira Guerra Mundial, alistou-se como voluntário, tornando-se motorista de ambulância para o Exército da Itália. Após ser ferido, recebeu uma condecoração do governo italiano. Ao voltar para os Estados Unidos, trabalhou como repórter para jornais americanos e canadenses, e então voltou para a Europa, cobrindo eventos como a Revolução Grega.

Durante os anos 1920, tornou-se membro do grupo de expatriados americanos em Paris, o qual ele descreveu neste seu romance de estreia, publicado em 1926.

Ernest Hemingway foi agraciado como o Nobel de Literatura em 1954 e faleceu em 1961.

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