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The Old Man and the Sea《老人與海》
靠海維生的老人一連八十四天皆無所獲，連他的忠實助手──男孩，也被父母勸說到另一艘漁獲滿滿的大船工作。所幸在第八十五天，老人遇上一頭健壯而堅強的馬林魚；老人與牠纏鬥了兩個晝夜，心底佩服著大魚的堅定，滿懷戰勝牠的決心。若是捕獲牠，帶來的將會是一份超越利益得失的榮耀。
《老人與海》是海明威(Ernest Hemingway)最著名的故事之一，本書也使其榮獲了1954年諾貝爾文學獎。全書以樸實而有力的文字，描繪古巴老漁夫Santiago與一條大馬林魚之間驚心動魄的戰鬥。海明威將人們面對挑戰所展現的勇氣與人性的光輝描寫得極為生動，1952年出版時便奠定了此書在文學界的重量。
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.
ISBN: 9780684801223
