The Old Man And The Sea Hemingway, Ernest Literature,Modern Firsts

A Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. A previous owner's name written discretely on the front end paper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Spine gilt complete with no flaking. Dust jacket with a small snag on the lower flap fold (no loss or repairs), spine a bit toned and slight wear at the ends, but a handsome copy overall. The final work of fiction published in the author's lifetime, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and cited by the Nobel Prize Committee, The Old Man and the Sea cemented Hemingway's legacy as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. The story follows the tribulations of an aging and suddenly unlucky fisherman, Santiago, as he tries to catch a gigantic marlin in the Straits of Florida. Ultimately, Santiago's story is an existential metaphor through which Hemingway explored in a seemingly simple way the dignity and biblical nature of an old man's trials at the end of life. It was a massive success. The book was originally published in full in an issue of Life Magazine, which subsequently sold 5 million copies in less than a week. "No outbursts of spite or false theatricalism impede the smooth rush of its narrative. Within the sharp restrictions imposed by the very nature of his story Mr. Hemingway has written with sure skill. Here is the master technician once more at the top of his form, doing superbly what he can do better than anyone else" (contemporary New York Times Review). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.