The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.


老漁夫在海上捕到一條大魚，他不分晝夜與大魚奮戰，最後雖戰勝大魚但卻還是要繼續與鯊魚和大自然對抗。從故事中看似樸實簡單的字句卻是充滿力量，深刻描寫老人不向命運低頭，不斷面對與接受挑戰的勇氣與毅力。
作者Ernest Hemingway厄尼斯特‧海明威獲1954年諾貝爾文學獎。