The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is a novella written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cayo Blanco (Cuba) and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction written by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works it tells the story of Santiago an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Cuba. The Old Man and the Sea served to reinvigorate Hemingways literary reputation and prompted a reexamination of his entire body of work. The novel was initially received with much popularity; it restored many readers confidence in Hemingways capability as an author. Its publisher Scribners on an early dust jacket called the novel a new classic and many critics favorably compared it with such works as William Faulkners 1942 short story The Bear and Herman Melvilles 1851 novel Moby-Dick.