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 thene of courage in the face of defeat,of personal triumph won from los.Written in 1952,this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The novel is very famous in the world, so lot of people like this novel. We also studied it in our Chinese class, Hemingway's novel are always interesting I like his novel much, also in his novel we can learn a lot by his meanings. It’s really a good novel for people to read.
中文翻译：老人与海是海明威的最不朽的作品。在非常简单的语言告诉和权力，这是一个古老的古巴渔夫的故事，他运气不佳，他的最高考验——一个无情的，与远处的海湾流的一个巨大的马林鱼的痛苦的斗争。海明威在这里重述，在惊人的现代风格，在面对失败的勇气的经典主题，取胜的个性。1952写的，这个非常成功的中篇小说证实了他的权力和世界文学的存在和在他赢得了1954年度诺贝尔文学奖起到了很大的一部分。这部小说在世界上很有名，所以很多人喜欢这部小说。我们还研究了它在语文课上，海明威的小说我都喜欢他的小说非常有趣的，也在他的小说中我们可以学到很多自己的意义，这真的让人读一本好的小说。
