A short novel set off the coast of Cuba. Santiago, an aging fisherman, has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish, and the village regards him as unlucky. A devoted boy who once fished with him still looks after him. Santiago sails far out into the Gulf Stream alone and hooks something enormous. What follows is a long test of endurance, skill and pride between man and nature. The book is a quiet meditation on dignity, perseverance and the value of struggle even without reward. It helped win Hemingway the Pulitzer Prize and was cited in his Nobel award.
Quotes
Age is my alarm clock,” the old man said. “Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?” “I don’t know,” the boy said. “All I know is that young boys sleep late and hard.
Every day above earth is a good day.
Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.
Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought.