num_pages: 99
description: Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements.The best story Hemingway has written... No page of this beautiful masterwork could have been done better - Sunday Times
language: English
title: The Old Man and the Sea
titlecomplete: The Old Man and the Sea
characters: Manolin, Santiago
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Novels, School, Classic Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 1095880
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: Vintage