The Old Man and the Sea

Author: Ernest Hemingway
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book tells the story of an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago, who finally catches a giant marlin after eighty-four days of unsuccessful fishing. However, the fish is so large that it drags his small boat across the sea for three days before Santiago tires it out and kills it, tying it to one side of the boat. During the return journey, he repeatedly encounters attacks from sharks, and by the time he finally returns to port, only the head, tail, and a backbone of the fish remain.