Hemingway, Ernest: El Viejo Y El Mar

He was an old man who ?shed alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a ? sh, begins El viejo y el mar, Hemingway's enduring tale of an elderly Cuban ?sherman and his epic battle with a giant marlin in the waters of the Gulf. Told in simple, yet powerful language, El viejo y el mar revived Hemingway's then dwindling career in 1952, winning him the Pulitzer Prize and reestablishing his place on the world literary stage. It has proven to be one of his most enduring works.