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The old man and the sea

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-19612000
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Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This book won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize of Literature. Here, in a perfectly crafted story is a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of a man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.
Main title:
The old man and the sea / Ernest Hemingway.
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2000.©1952.
Collation:
99 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published in 1952.
ISBN:
9780099273967 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.52F
Language:
English
BRN:
138698
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