The Old Man and the Sea -- Ernest Hemingway

Please join us for a discussion of The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. This short novel is considered a modern American classic, and was specifically referred to in the citation for Hemingway's Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Written in the winter of 1950-51, it was the last fictional work Hemingway published during his lifetime, The novella initially received much critical and popular acclaim, but later has been the subject of debate. What do you think?