老人與海（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.

　　歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威（1899～1961），美國現(xiàn)代著名作家，諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)獲得者。曾赴意大利參加第一次世界大戰(zhàn)，身負(fù)重傷。當(dāng)過戰(zhàn)地記者，支持西班牙人民反法西斯戰(zhàn)爭和我國的抗日戰(zhàn)爭，先后發(fā)表了短篇小說集《在我們的時(shí)代里》和長篇《太陽照樣升起》。前者即有名的尼克小說集，后者被譽(yù)為"迷惘的一代"的代表作。表現(xiàn)兩次世界大戰(zhàn)的長篇小說《永別了，武器》和《喪鐘為誰而鳴》為他贏得了世界聲譽(yù)。正如他的許多作品中的人物一樣，海明威本人就是一個(gè)孤獨(dú)的硬漢，最終由于病痛、苦悶、絕望而自殺。