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The Old Man and the Sea
  • Published: 20 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529982664
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $19.99

The Old Man and the Sea

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20 Oct 2026
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5 Mar 1999
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4 Jan 1994
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Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize-winner and master of stripped-back prose, in this profound tale of endurance, dignity, and the eternal struggle between man and nature

Hemingway’s enduring story of resilience and solitude: One of the most powerful tales of courage and endurance ever written

An ageing fisherman sets out alone into the Gulf Stream, determined to prove that his strength and skill have not left him. When he hooks a great marlin, he begins a struggle that will test his pride and his place in the world. Simple, powerful and deeply moving, The Old Man and the Sea captures what it means to persist – even in the face of inevitable loss.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
  • Published: 20 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529982664
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $19.99
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Praise for The Old Man and the Sea

It is unsurpassed in Hemingway's oeuvre. Every word tells and there is not a word too many

Anthony Burgess

A quite wonderful example of narrative art. The writing is as taut, and at the same time as lithe and cunningly played out, as the line on which the old man plays the fish

Guardian

Hemingway’s masterpiece is one of the first serious books I remember reading… I find its themes deeply moving… it’s short, direct, and full of emotional depth

Michael Morpurgo

Stripped back and elemental, Hemingway’s parable remains one of the purest expressions of his inimitable style

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