The Old Man and the Sea

Donno, it would've made a good fable but this is too long and too detailed for that purpose. I found his style overly didactic, i never read a fictional book so lacking in poetry, and the insertion of Spanish terms were just awkward.
When i don't like classics, i wonder if there's some kind of aspect i didn't get. I know i did like how it shows the fisherman's appreciation for the fish and the sea even though he's there to hunt, which is very different from today's industrialisation and alienation of fishing (or any quest for food). Nature with all its hardships is not the enemy, and the respect shows. But it's mainly too on the nose for my taste.