num_pages: 233
description: Hemingway's triumphant yet tragic story of an old Cuban fisherman and his relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream combines the simplicity of a fable, the significance of a parable, and the drama of an epic.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: El viejo y el mar
titlecomplete: El viejo y el mar
characters: Manolin, Santiago
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 1095884
places: Cuba, Gulf of Mexico
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -536428800000
name: Premio Bancarella, awardedAt: -536428800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Planeta Pub Corp