num_pages: 96
description: Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereThis short novel, already a modern classic, is the superbly told, tragic story of a Cuban fisherman in the Gulf Stream and the giant Marlin he kills and loses—specifically referred to in the citation accompanying the author's Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.
language: English
title: The Old Man and the Sea
titlecomplete: The Old Man and the Sea
characters: Manolin, Santiago
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 1095792
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: Scribner