老人与海（英文版）

　　“But man is not made for defeat，”he said.“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”——From The Old Man and the SeaThe 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 thene of courage in the face of defeat，of personal triumph won from los.Written in 1952，this hugely successfully novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a huge part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

　　欧内斯特·海明威（1899～1961），美国现代著名作家，诺贝尔文学奖获得者。曾赴意大利参加第一次世界大战，身负重伤。当过战地记者，支持西班牙人民反法西斯战争和我国的抗日战争，先后发表了短篇小说集《在我们的时代里》和长篇《太阳照样升起》。前者即有名的尼克小说集，后者被誉为"迷惘的一代"的代表作。表现两次世界大战的长篇小说《永别了，武器》和《丧钟为谁而鸣》为他赢得了世界声誉。正如他的许多作品中的人物一样，海明威本人就是一个孤独的硬汉，最终由于病痛、苦闷、绝望而自杀。