Is The old man and the sea the best novel by Ernest Hemingway? What say you?
Is The old man and the sea the best novel by Ernest Hemingway? What say you?
The old man and the sea fetched Pulitzer award for Hemingway in 1953. And this novel was cited when he got the Nobel prize for literature in 1954. However, this novel got mixed reviews from the critics. What do you think? Is it the best novel of him. If not, then which one is his signature work?
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