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The Old Man and the Sea [Bulgarian]
The Old Man and the Sea [Bulgarian]
The Old Man and the Sea [Bulgarian]
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The Old Man and the Sea [Bulgarian]

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[This edition is in Bulgarian.] The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal—a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.
LanguageБългарски
PublisherScribner
Release dateDec 20, 2011
ISBN9781451679045
The Old Man and the Sea [Bulgarian]
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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, Hemingway. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961. 

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It's been a while since I've jumped in that small boat with Santiago. As a teen, there are some things you don't appreciate fully. There are books you read in high school that are begging to be reread, through the lens of one who has had more experiences than that of a teen. The Old Man and the Sea is mostly a snapshot of one event, a fight against a fish, a tale of perseverance, wonder, and fortitude. Hemingway is a master at saying a lot with a little, a particular trait that turns off many critics. But this was Hemingway's last thumbprint on the written world, the last book he ever saw published. I think it is personally a perfect bookend to an illustrious career.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is my first Hemingway novel. I've avoided his work because of the negative views I have formed based upon what I know of the man and his treatment of women. However many people have called this book great and it did win the Pulitzer Prize when it came out in 1952 and it is on the list of 1001 Books to Read Before you Die. So when it came my way thanks to Pooker3 I thought I would see what all the buzz was about. An old Cuban fisherman has gone 85 days without catching a fish. He goes out early one morning in his little skiff by himself. He is determined to go out farther than any other fisherman hoping to catch something worthwhile. When he feels a tug on one line he knows it is something big. The fish pulls and pulls taking the fisherman and his little boat in a northeasterly direction. It takes all the fisherman's strength and wiles to keep this fish on the line. After a day the swordfish finally tires and the fisherman is able to harpoon it. Too big to be brought into the boat he ties the fish alongside the boat and puts his sail up to go back home. Sharks start to find the fish and take large chunks. The old man fights and kills some but more and more arrive. He arrives home with only a skeleton lashed to his boat. This is such a tragic story and yet shows how determined a person can be. The old man recognizes that he and the fish are partners and friends. This seems very similar to the attitude North American aboriginals have towards the animals they hunt. There were myriad interesting details about the life in and above the sea. I was particularly charmed by the little warbler that landed on the old man's boat while the fish is steadily pulling it further out to see. I thought it was only recently that it was discovered that warblers flew long distances over water to get to South America for the winter. Obviously Cuban fisherman have known this for a long time and finally scientists have caught up to them.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I like to read the favourite books of other people, in doing so I always look for what they saw in it. It was easy for me to find greatness in this short classic. The writing is simple, deceptively simple. There is very little personal feeling explained, but actions and comments slyly placed give us what we need to create a full picture of the old man of the title. The absence of explanation allows the reader to use the character's actions and statements to form their opinions of the characters, rather than relying on the author telling us that they are kind, subtle, humble, hardworking or whatever it is that they area. Anything said about the plot, including the one word I have to describe the entire thing, would give it all away, so avert your eyes now as I say what this novel is about. Futility. Beautiful, gentle and very real futility.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very beautiful tale. The deep symbolism of the man and his respect of the sea, make for a wonderful tale.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It seems this is everyone's favorite. Maybe because it is so simple that it works so well. A good story inflated into a book. Undoubtedly, marketing determined its format.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    There are enough reviews here that I don't need to repeat the story other than to say this is great classic literature. It's much more than a story of a man and a great fish. It's the story of life itself and the battle we all face. Hemingways prose wastes no words and the reader bonds with the old man and his struggle. I liken this story to Steinbecks The Pearl. A very good read for all ages.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    really moved me
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Hemingway is an interesting author, to say the least. This book was not that long, it took only an hour to read. Its length did not correlate to the time it took to understand it. This is one of those books that stick with you for a bit, and the more you think about it, the more you understand. The protagonist is the old man, who fights for the biggest catch of his life. He follows the fish far out into the sea, only to watch it get eaten by sharks. Symbolic of the recurring trials in life, this novella echos our attempts to chase our fame and fortune. Hemingway's diction is wonderful to read; the descriptions quite almost take you to the scene. Read the novella, it's worth it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A small book, with a simple plot. An Old man is hunting a fish, after three days he catches him, after a huge struggle, only to lose him again, piece by piece, when he sails back home. No result, only the struggle counts. The fish becomes his friend, his brother even. There is no philosophy, no afterthoughts about the relation between men and animal, hunter and prey. Nothing, whatsoever. There are no fancy sentences. Every sentence is simple and precise. They just show respect for what he wants to, and will, kill. Breathtaking, mindtaking.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I can see why this is a classic. A fairly short and fast-moving yarn with great characterization of the old man and fascinating descriptions of the creatures of the sea. Flying fish, sharks and more! I read this in about 2 days, which is saying something for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Hemingway's simple style lovingly treats this story of an old fisherman trying to bring in his catch and makes it quietly powerful. Simply isn't easy, and Hemingway is the master.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I began reading this after I read part of the foreward of Vonnegut's Timequake. In it, he described how The Old Man and the Sea was Hemingway's metaphor for himself. You write the one big book and the critics rip it apart like sharks until there is nothing left. All the toil and effort mean nothing to a hungry shark. One of Hemingway's best. If you hate Hemingway, you will still love this battle. This is everyone's story. Everyone's battle in life. My favorite quotes:"Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready." p. 15"I'll kill him though", he said. "In all his greatness and his glory." Although it is unjust, he thought. But I will show him what a man can do and what a man endures. " I told the boy I was a strange old man," he said. "Now is when I must prove it." The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing. Now he was proving it again. Each time was a new time and he never though about the past when he was doing it." p. 35"But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated." p. 58"I should have some luck. No, he said. You violated your luck when you went too far outside. "Don't be silly," he said aloud. "And keep awake and steer. You may have much luck yet. "I'd like to buy some if there's any place they sell it," he said. What could I buy it with? he asked himself. Could I buy it with a lost harpoon and a broken knife and two bad hands? "You might," he said. "You tried to buy it with eighty-four days at sea. They nearly sold it to you too. p. 66
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Hemingway's classic fable about an old Cuban fisherman's triumphant and tragedy.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow. That's all I could think when I finished this story. Wow. The language was just beautiful. The themes that played out in the old man's mind, and in his struggle with the sea, are ones that resonate with all of us. Courage in the face f adversity, the struggle to tame nature or to simply to survive and the determination to succeed are all themes we can relate to. As is the spectre of our aging bodies being unequal to the tasks at hand. The Old Man and the Sea is a sad story that will easily withstand the ravages of time.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A short classic that I somehow missed growing up. The thoughts it inspires in me make me want to revisit again someday.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    My first Hemingway - and made me a life long fan of his writing. Just like others, I will use the words "clean", "direct", "focused" when describing his writing. I especially liked the descriptive storyline of the old man and the young boy, and the man's relationship to the sea. Probably a good first choice for those who have never read Heminway.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I was forced to read this so many times in high school and college that I just came away with an intense hatred of this damn little story.

    And while re-reading it today may give me new perspective, I literally cannot imagine picking this up again, even if you paid me.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Not my favourite story but then I'm not the biggest fish fan in the world. It was beautifully written and the battle to get back to shore was great.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    At the beginning of this work, the old man has gone out onto the sea for 84 days in a row without catching any fish. The boy, who used to go with him, has been forbidden to go because it was generally thought the old man had run out of luck. On the 85th day, the old man goes out alone and snares a fish that is longer than his skiff. He spends days out at sea, waiting for the great fish to tire, so he can kill it and bring it in. When he finally succeeds, the old man has to do battle with the sharks who are attracted to the blood of the carcase.The back of this book brags about Hemingway's "short, declarative sentences" that influenced the style of English prose in the twentieth century. However, I found Hemingway's writing style dry and uninspiring.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A great example of self determination and hard work in achieving goals. Hemingway does a great job of (dare I say) explaining the American spirit. A truly enjoyable read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very very profound and well-thought book, especially for such a short novel, the imagery is well-structured, the mood and thoughts it invokes are unique.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Lauded and revered for unknown reasons, this book often feels like it was written by a 10-year old, with stiff, dry language and simple imagery. Perhaps the writer was trying to evoke a Cuban's sense of English, but it felt like plain, rough language that really wasn't pleasurable, interesting or poetic. A short story dragged out into a novel, there are not many redeeming qualities to the book other than it is soon over. The end picks up the action a little bit, and there is some emotional heft to the proceedings, but it is an otherwise dreary and boring read, much like fishing at sea without ever catching anything.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Third time re-reading it, finding new things as a parent. Excited and also scared to re-read it as an actual old man.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Like almost every other student in the American public school system, I read this book in high school. Unlike most students, I enjoyed it. It was a simple story that conveyed subtle, yet profound emotion. The first and only work of Hemingway's I've enjoyed.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Hemingway at some of his best. A great story of man's struggle against nature, and eventually himself. It is a book that will move you. Awesome.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This story has always inspired me because it is a tale of one man's struggle to survive, about his perseverance in his fight with the big fish. A wonderful metaphor for life.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    boring!!!!! did not enjoy!!!! but it does teach perseverence...how it got famous i'll never know
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A classic in every way. This book reads strangely to someone used to modern overdone prose. Hemingway pared his writing to the bone as relentlessly as the sharks pare the marlin. in this novel. A great book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Note to self: sharks are dicks
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A classic. Simple storyline yet with profound depth speaking of the passage of life the desperation of poverty the nobility of spirit and of loyalty courage and virtues. I am an ardent Hemingway fan and although I have heard people criticize this I found it an enjoyable read, an enjoyable experience. So much so I read it straight through in a single sitting.

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The Old Man and the Sea [Bulgarian] - Ernest Hemingway

КОЛЕКЦИЯХЕМИНГУЕЙ

ЪрнестХемингуей

СТАРЕЦЪТ

ИМОРЕТО

Повест

Превелотанглийски

ДимитриИванов

София, 2008

Той беше старец, който излизаше за риба сам с лодка скиф в Гълфстрийма вече осемдесет и четири дни, без да улови нещо. През първите четирийсет дни едно момче го придружаваше. Но след като четирийсет дни не уловиха нищо, родителите на момчето му казаха, че старецът е вече salao, което значи съвсем да не ти върви, и го накараха да тръгне с друга лодка, с която още първата седмица хванаха три едри риби. Тъжно му беше на момчето да гледа как старецът се връща всеки ден с празна лодка и то винаги го посрещаше и му помагаше да пренесе клуповете въжета, гафела¹ и харпуна или мачтата с навитото платно. По платното имаше кръпки от брашнени чували и така скатано, то бе като знаме на вечното поражение.

Старецът бе тънък, изпит, с дълбоки бръчки на тила. Кафявите петна по страните му бяха от кератоза – пигментацията, която се получава от слънчевото отражение в тропическите води. Петната почти покриваха страните му, а дълбоките белези по ръцете бяха от въжетата, с които бе изтеглял едри риби. Нямаше скорошни белези. Бяха все стари като пукнатините на изветрелите скали в безрибна пустиня.

Всичко в него бе старо освен очите, а те бяха с цвета на морето и в тях нямаше поражение.

– Сантяго – каза момчето, докато изкачваха крайбрежния склон, след като изтеглиха лодката, – пак мога да излизам с теб. Поспечелихме нещо.

Старецът беше научил момчето да лови риба и то го обичаше.

– Не – отвърна старецът. – На вашата лодка й върви. Стой с тях.

– Забрави ли как осемдесет и седем дни нищо не хвана, пък после три седмици улавяхме големи риби всеки ден?

– Помня – рече старецът. – Знам, че не ме изостави, защото не загуби вяра в мен.

– Татко ме накара да те напусна. Още съм малък и трябва да го слушам.

– Знам. Тъй трябва.

– Той много-много не ти вярва.

– Не. Но ние си имаме вяра, нали?

– Имаме си – съгласи се момчето. – Може ли да те почерпя една бира на „Терасата", пък после ще занесем нещата вкъщи.

– Между рибари може винаги – каза старецът.

Те седнаха на „Терасата" и когато рибарите взеха да закачат стареца, той не се ядоса. На някои по-стари рибари им дожаля, като го видяха. Но те не се издадоха и учтиво заговориха за течението, на каква дълбочина бяха пускали въдиците, как времето се беше задържало хубаво, кой какво видял. Рибарите, на които бе провървяло през деня, се бяха вече прибрали и изкормили уловения марлин, а после, положен напряко на две талпи, осем души – по двама в края на всяка, – олюлявайки се под тежестта, го отнасяха в склада да чака хладилния камион за хаванския пазар. Онези, които бяха уловили акули, ги бяха отнесли в консервната отвъд заливчето, където ги дигаха на лебедка, изваждаха им черния дроб, отрязваха им перките, одираха ги и нарязваха филето за осоляване.

Източният вятър довяваше откъм пристана зловонието на консервната работилница, но днес миризмата бе едва доловима, защото вятърът стана северен, а после стихна и на „Терасата" беше слънчево и приятно.

– Сантяго – обади се момчето.

– Да – отвърна старецът.

Той държеше чашата и си мислеше за отдавнашни години.

– Да отида ли да наловя сардини за утре?

– Не. Иди да поиграеш бейзбол. Още мога да греба, а Рохелио ще налови с мрежата.

– Ще ми се да отида. Като не мога да излизам с теб за риба, поне да направя друго.

– Поръчай ми бира. Вече си мъж.

– На колко години бях, когато за първи път ме взе със себе си?

– На пет. И за малко не загина – изтеглих рибата, преди да е омаломощена, и тя за малко да направи лодката на трески. Помниш ли?

– Спомням си я как се мяташе, как строши напречника, а ти така я бухаше с дървото, че плющеше. Помня как ти ме бутна напред към бака върху мокрото въже, лодката цяла се тресеше, пък ти замахваше, като че цепиш дърва, и как ми замириса на кръв – цял бях опръскан.

– Наистина ли си спомняш, или аз съм ти разказвал?

– Помня всичко, както си беше, когато за пръв път излязохме заедно.

Старецът го погледна със зачервени от слънцето очи, спокойни и ласкави.

– Да беше мой син, щях да те взема със себе си, пък каквото ще да става, но ти си имаш баща и майка и сега си на лодка късметлийка.

– Да ти донеса ли сардините? Мога и четири парчета стръв да докопам – знам откъде.

– Остана ми от днешната. Насолих я в тенекията.

– Нека ти взема четири пресни парчета.

– Едно – каза старецът.

Надеждата и увереността никога не го напускаха. А сега се надигаха като повея на освежаващ бриз.

– Две.

– Две да са – съгласи се старецът. – Да не си ги откраднал?

– Що пък не? Само че тези ги купих.

– Благодаря ти.

Старецът беше твърде простодушен, за да се пита кога бе станал тъй смирен. Но знаеше, че е станал, и още – че това не е срамно и не му накърнява достойнството.

– Както е тръгнало течението, утре ще имаме добър ден – каза той.

– Накъде ще отидеш? – попита момчето.

– Далеч навътре, че да се прибера чак като се обърне вятърът. Искам да тръгна преди съмнало.

– Ще гледам да го склоня да идем и ние навътре. За да ти помогнем, ако закачиш нещо наистина голямо.

– Той не обича да работи много навътре.

– Да, но аз ще се направя, че виждам нещо, дето той не може да види, да речем, че птица се гмурка или делфин, и така ще го накарам да влезем навътре.

– Толкова ли е зле с очите?

– Той е почти сляп.

– Чудна работа! А никога не е бил ловец на костенурки. Тоя лов е мор за очите.

– Пък ти години си ловил костенурки при Коста-де-лос-Москитос и пак виждаш добре.

– Аз съм по-особен старец.

– Но сега як ли си достатъчно за истински голяма риба?

– Мисля, че да. Пък и знам много хитрини.

– Хайде да приберем нещата – предложи момчето. – После ще взема мрежата и ще отида за сардините.

Те събраха такелажа. Старецът нарами мачтата, а момчето понесе сандъка, навитите и потъмнели, добре пресукани въжета, гафела и харпуна. Кутията със стръвта беше под дъската на кърмата заедно с дървото за доубиване на големите риби, когато ги изтеглят при борд. Никой не би окрал стареца, но по-добре беше да прибере платното и тежките въжета на сушина от росата; макар и сигурен, че местен човек не би задигнал нещо от него, старецът смяташе, че оставени в лодката,

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