{"product_id":"2026200006785-secondhand-the-old-man-the-sea","title":"The Old Man \u0026 The Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good         ,          price clipped\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA towering work of American literary fiction, The Old Man and the Sea chronicles the solitary struggle of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who ventures far out into the Gulf Stream and hooks a magnificent marlin of extraordinary size and strength. Hemingway's spare, muscular prose transforms what might seem a simple tale of man versus nature into a profound meditation on perseverance, pride, and the dignity found in the face of defeat. The novella unfolds with quiet, almost hypnotic tension as Santiago battles the great fish for days, his body failing but his spirit unyielding, illustrating the author's celebrated iceberg theory — that the deepest truths lie beneath the surface of plain language. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and a cornerstone of Hemingway's Nobel Prize citation, this timeless work stands as one of the most celebrated and widely read pieces of short fiction in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48810585817307,"sku":"2026200006785-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/370697c6-22a5-4809-9f54-b5d71916932a.png?v=1779805569","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200006785-secondhand-the-old-man-the-sea","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}