Santiago, an old solitary fisherman whom others consider unlucky, will face his greatest and perhaps last battle with the great marlin off the coast of Cuba.

He will use all his skill, mind, and artistry. The battle will last three days, and Santiago will prevail. When he enters the harbor late on the third night, only the white bone of the enormous fish, devoured by sharks along the way, will be floating beside his small boat. A significant moment in world literature, one of the unsurpassed works of the great Nobel laureate author, perhaps the greatest text ever written about the relationship between man and nature.