Lelaki Tua dan Laut

Author: Ernest Hemingway

Category: Fiction, literature, classics

Language: Indonesian

Publication Year: 2017

Pages: 164

Description:

This captivating and optimistic novel is the finest work of Ernest Hemingway, the legendary American author and Nobel Prize in Literature winner of 1954. It is also his last novel published during his lifetime.

"Lelaki Tua dan Laut" ("The Old Man and the Sea") tells the extraordinary story of an old Cuban fisherman who, after 84 days of failing to catch a single fish, ventures far into the open sea to capture a giant marlin. The novel also depicts his friendship with a young boy. The old man's relentless struggle to achieve his goal teaches us that patience, perseverance, and determination in facing life's challenges will not be in vain.

Hemingway wrote this enjoyable novel while living in Cuba. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and the Award of Merit Medal for Novel from the American Academy of Letters, contributing to Hemingway's Nobel Prize in Literature. This touching novel's immense popularity has led to numerous film adaptations and it continues to be read by people around the world to this day.

Personal Notes:

I had to read this novella several times to truly grasp the essence of the story the author intended to convey. The storytelling is truly extraordinary!

First published September 1, 1952.