Progress book 9 of 100
If you want a quick read, pick this novel. At only 127 pages I was able to read it in a few hours. The story is of an old man, a fisherman in Cuba. He has gone 84 days without catching any fish and feels like his luck is going to change. I don’t want to give too much away, but would definitely recommend this book to anyone. Unlike The Age of Innocence, this is a novel that you really cheer for the protagonist. You want him to catch a fish and succeed.
The writing style really made me feel like I was out on his little boat with him, thirsty with the hot sun beating down. I was reading this pretty late at night and was so engaged that a noise from the kitchen made me up out of the sofa- I thought a shark was attacking me! This is the first book by I’ve ready by Ernest Hemingway and it didn’t make me want to go back in time and punch him, like Daniel mentions below after he read A Farewell to Arms. I rate this a 94% solid A.
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