<p><b>Hemingway's enduring story of resilience and solitude: One of the most powerful tales of courage and endurance ever written</b><br /><br />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, <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i> captures what it means to persist - even in the face of inevitable loss.<br /><br /><b>BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days</b></p>