The Old Man and the Sea (illustrated Collector's Edition)
by (us) Written By Ernest Hemingway (uk) Illustrated By Raymond Sheppard
About This Novel
"The Old Man and the Sea (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" includes Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea" and the autobiographical short story "The Pursuit is Happiness" which was first published in The New Yorker in 2020. It is also paired with 35 woodcut illustrations from the original 1952 edition of "The Old Man and the Sea". "The Old Man and the Sea" tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman who failed to catch a fish for 84 days, but still persisted in sailing alone on the sea. He fought desperately with a huge marlin and multiple groups of sharks, and finally brought back only the marlin skeleton. For "The Old Man and the Sea", Hemingway won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize and the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. "Pursuit as Happiness" was first published in The New Yorker on June 1, 2020. It was originally discovered and named "Pursuit as Happiness" by Hemingway's grandson Sean Hemingway. The novel tells the story of Hemingway and his friends fishing in Cuba, echoing the plot of "The Old Man and the Sea".
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