Book · 1952 · American Sea stories
The Old Man and the Sea
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It is so sparse and simple and like heartbreaking.
Mark Manson · Never Enough · Jul 2024 Listen at 37:37 What they say about it
- Praises Hemingway style“sparse and simple”2
- Recommended by Lex Fridman“recommend people read”2
The best things said about it
One was uh the old man in the sea which is the classic Hemingway book which I really really liked primarily for the message.
Well in terms of fish i recommend people read old man in the sea much shorter much better.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 2021 One of my favorite books is Old Man and the Sea.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Jun 2021 Pick up The Old Man and the Sea.
Nick Bilton How I Write · Sep 2024 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Old Man and the Sea is a classic novella by Ernest Hemingway about an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Mark Manson recommended the book on Never Enough as one of his favorite, sparse, and heartbreaking works by Hemingway for which the author won the Nobel Prize. On the same podcast, Jason Fried brought up the fiction read to discuss its message about chasing ambitions that ultimately lead to destruction. Lex Fridman recommended the novella on the Lex Fridman Podcast as a much shorter and better literary alternative concerning stories about fish, and also mentioned it alongside Moby-Dick to compare themes of the twentieth century and life struggles. Nick Bilton discussed the novel on How I Write to illustrate Hemingway's use of repetition. Bill Burr brought up the book on Monday Morning Podcast while feeling worn down by work and life, comparing the experience to the old man returning with only a fish skeleton. Admiral James Stavridis cited the novella on The Daily Stoic as a literary example of stoicism.
Every mention
Lex Fridman well in terms of fish i recommend people read old man in the sea much shorter much better 4
“there's probably echoes that represent the 20th century now in old man in the sea by hemingway that also has similar i guess themes”
“well in terms of fish i recommend people read old man in the sea much shorter much better”
“And one of my favorite books is Old Man and the Sea.”
“so i don't know if you know there's a book by hemingway called old man in the sea and part of it and uh ernest hemingway”
Jason Fried one was uh the old man in the sea which is the classic Hemingway book which I really really liked primarily… 1
“one was uh the old man in the sea which is the classic Hemingway book which I really really liked primarily for the message”
Mark Manson I love old man in the sea himing Way's Nolla that he won the Nobel Prize for it is so sparse and simple and… 1
“I love old man in the sea himing Way's Nolla that he won the Nobel Prize for it is so sparse and simple and like heartbreaking”
Bill Burr what was that book they used to have us read where that guy went all the way out to the ocean with the big… 1
“what was that book they used to have us read where that guy went all the way out to the ocean with the big fish and as he was coming it back in all the fish were taking bites out of it by the time he got back was it called the K what was Aaron you read right do”
James Stavridis okay the old man in the sea of course it's hemingway santiago is 1
“okay the old man in the sea of course it's hemingway santiago is”
Nick Bilton He's Hemingway. But what he does is like pick up The Old Man and the Sea. He says old man and sea and blue… 1
“He's Hemingway. But what he does is like pick up The Old Man and the Sea. He says old man and sea and blue and boat like 10 times.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“You're talking about like I don't know old man in the sea style [ __ ] or something like that”
“he becomes a trans woman and then he goes on a date and then he comes in he's any and mrs garrison is all angry because all men are pigs and then tells them they have to do weekend book report on the old man in the sea”
“here we got the old man in the sea for Whom the Bell Tolls that's those are not Def Leppard songs”
“Yeah, they're big fans of the anomorphs. I mean, Saddam was a big reader. He's a huge Himmingway fan, which of course Oh, jeez. What a [ __ ] Yeah. Yeah. Well, really loved Old Man in the Sea, man.”