Moby-Dick
Herman Melville · American Renaissance · Novel / stories
Modern · Novella
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway. An aging fisherman battles a giant marlin and the sea in a spare parable of pride, skill, loss, and perseverance.
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- Date
- 1952
- Origin
- United States / Cuba
- Era
- Modern
- Genre
- Novella
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
An aging fisherman battles a giant marlin and the sea in a spare parable of pride, skill, loss, and perseverance.
This work is included on the basis of modern broader canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.