Dec 16, 2009

The Old Man and the Sea | What Do I Read Next?

Youth (1903) and Typhoon (1902), both by Joseph Conrad are sea stories with intriguing parallels to Hemingway’s work. It is believed that Hemingway, who read all of Conrad in Paris and Toronto during the twenties, may have consciously or unconsciously used the “central strategy” of Youth when writing The Old Man and the Sea.
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