The Old Man and the Sea. Islands and the Sea

“The Old Man and the Sea.” The novella is dedicated to “tragic stoicism”: in the face of the world’s cruelty, a person must maintain courage and dignity even in defeat. “Islands and the Sea.” The candid and truthful story of the life and death of the melancholic recluse and marine artist Thomas Hudson and his sons. A novel about loneliness and despair, selflessness and courage, the search for a way out of a dead end, and one’s moral duty to oneself and others.