The Old Man and The Sea is a heroic novel by Earnest Hemingway which narrates the story of an aging Cuban fisherman, Santiago, who has not caught a fish for 84 days and his battle to catch a giant Marlin. This 1953 Pulitzer prize winner describes how after hooking the giant marlin to his boat, the sharks get attracted to the tethered fish and eat it, leaving behind a skeleton, though the fisherman manages to kill a few. Discouraged, the fisherman goes home and sleeps, till the boy who he was mentoring, finds him alive and they both decide to go fishing together.
This book teaches many life lessons such as men proving their worth by facing and overcoming challenges of nature and will be a thrilling read for every reader.