num_pages: 83
description: This 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.
title: Old Man and the Sea
titlecomplete: Old Man and the Sea
characters: Manolin, Santiago
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, School, Classic Literature, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 1095849
places: Gulf of Mexico, Cuba
awards: awardedAt: -536428800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -536428800000
name: Premio Bancarella, awardedAt: -536428800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Center for Learning