這部小說是根據一位元古巴漁夫的真實經歷創作的，以攝影般的寫實手法記錄了桑提阿果老人捕魚的全過程，塑造了一個在重壓下仍然保持優雅風度、在精神上永遠不可戰勝的老人形象。這部小說創下了人類出版史上空前絕後的一個紀錄：48小時售出530萬冊！作品在當年就獲得了普利茲獎，兩年後又獲得了諾貝爾獎。 作者簡介
 
Told in language of great simplicity and power, this story of courage and personal triumph remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most enduring works.

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.
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海明威(1899 - 1961)
　　美國小說家。1954年度的諾貝爾文學獎獲得者，獲獎之作就是《老人與海》。生於鄉村醫生家庭，從小喜歡釣魚、打獵、音樂和繪畫，曾作為紅十字會車隊司機參加第一次世界大戰，以後長期擔任駐歐記者，並曾以記者身份參加第二次世界大戰和西班牙內戰。晚年患多種疾病，精神十分抑鬱，經多次醫療無效，終用獵槍自殺。
Ernest Hemingway did more to influence the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. He has been called ＂the most important author since Shakespeare,＂ by John O’Hara in The New York Times Book Review. The publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established him as one of the greatest literary lights of the 20th century. His classic novella The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Hemingway. He died in 1961.
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