THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, in LIFE MAGAZINE (September 1, 1952) by Hemingway, Ernest - 1952

New York: Life Magazine, 1952. One week before it was to be published as a hardcover book, Hemingway's classic novel The Old Man and the Sea was published in a single issue of Life Magazine. Although he was not uniformly positive in his review, Orville Prescott wrote in the New York Times on August 28, 1952 "The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel, only 27,000 words. It is much simpler and enormously better than Mr. Hemingway's last book, "Across the River and Into the Trees." No phony glamour girls and no bullying braggarts sentimentalized almost to parody distort its honest and elemental theme. No outbursts of spite or false theatricalism impede the smooth rush of its narrative. Within the sharp restrictions imposed by the very nature of his story Mr. Hemingway has written with sure skill. Here is the master technician once more at the top of his form, doing superbly what he can do better than anyone else." The magazine offered here is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with a mailing label at bottom of the front cover. There is minor edgewear and one 3/4 inch closed tear along the spine fold.. First Edition. Paperback. About Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine.