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About This Novel

After World War I, Hemingway moved to Cuba and met Gregorio Fuentes, an old fisherman. In 1930, Fuentes rescued Hemingway when his boat sank in a storm. From then on, Hemingway and Fuentes formed a deep friendship and often went fishing together. In 1936, Fuentes went out to sea and caught a big fish. However, because the fish was too big, it was dragged at sea for a long time. As a result, it was attacked by a shark on the way back. When he came back, only a skeleton was left. "The Old Man and the Sea" was based on this story. The novel was published in 1952 and won the 1953 American Pulitzer Prize and the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. Hemingway himself believed that this was "the best work he could write in his life!"

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