This book is fantastic, I loved the simplicity of it but also the overarching message Hemingway achieves in delivering it,

Wonderful reminder of a great writer. Hemingway really had a way with words it made you feel you we're out in the sea with the old man.

Donald Sutherland's narration of this classic Hemingway story is simply the very best narration of an audiobook I've ever experienced. The story is classic and the combination of Hemingway's words and Sutherland's performance transported me on to that skiff with the lovable old man.A novella of only 128 pages and an audiobook of only 2 hrs 28 minutes; this is a listening experience everyone should take the time to enjoy.

Hemingway's The Old man and The Sea was an enjoyable book for me to read. I appreciated his simplicity in writing, and his to the point style. At first I was unclear about the purpose of the book and was unfufilled after finishing it, but after thinking about it in depth I began to appreciate the book more and more. Hemingway's simple language and uncomplicated storyline make the reader strive for the deeper meaning. This meaning is found within the symbolism of the story and anlysation of events. Within this simple story about a man who catches a fish are an array of complicated issues and deeper meanings. To me, Hemingway's genius is deeply apparent.

So much of Hemingway's work paralleled his own life, this story is no different. Santiago the old man losing his ability to fish as he did in youth; Hemingway the aging writer without quite the literary prowess of his earlier years. Yet both of them are tied by the unpopular opinion that they have one 'big one' left in them. As the pages turn and the story unfolds, the reader discovers the poorly kept secret that they were both right. A lyrical story of poignance and import. An elegy for our greatest narrator. Well done.

Those who haven't read Hemingway, this novel is a great way to start. It is short but you get an idea of how much Hemingway's novels make you think about life after you finish it. Is it worthwhile to be greedy? What makes a person good and what makes him bad? What is the definition of son and father? etc. You can find all kinds of questions running through the book that makes you think.