《老人与海》出版于1952年,并因此获得诺贝尔文学奖。作品塑造了一个在失败和挫折面前不低头、不气馁、坚忍奋斗的老渔夫形象,表达了“人可以被毁灭,但却不能被打败”的精神。
迄今为止,《老人与海》出版已经50余年了,但这部小说的魅力却经久不衰,在世界各国仍旧有大量的读者,它是20世纪美国文学的经典作品。同样,《老人与海》在中国也有着巨大的影响,不同时期的不同读者都以自己的方式阅读与接受着海明威的《老人与海》。

“But man is not made for defeat,”he said.“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”--From The Old Man and the Sea
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 thene of courage in the face of defeat,of pe