The Old Man and the Sea -
by Ernest Hemmingway

In the Old Man and the Sea, the main character, Santiago is a fisherman down on his luck, not having caught a fish in eighty days. From the first chapter, the reader realizes that Santiago is a lonely man.

The story starts with Santiago sailing toward the deep water on the twenty-fifth day after 24 days of loneliness. Santiago did not choose to be alone. He does not have options except to fish alone.

On the sea he battles a marlin. Anybody in the same state may give up and choose a corner to die alone, but the old man decided to fight his bad luck and isolation. The loneliness became a gift for Santiago, who faced sharks and other wild creations in the sea.

Did he win the battle? Yes, he did. Despite the marlin fish being eaten by the sharks, the fishermen and tourists were impressed by the marlin's huge skeleton. Santiago defeated the time, the isolation, and the bad luck.

Ernest Hemingway was born in USA. He served in the First world war. He is known for novels  like 'A Farewell to Arms' and 'The Old Man and the Sea.' Hemingway is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. The followed year won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Fifteen Dogs - Andre Alexis

"Fifteen Dogs" is the second novel by Andre Alexis in a 5-book series linked to the themes of faith, peace, love, strength, and hatred.

In the novel, fifteen dogs are given human thought and language, as a bet by the gods, Hermes and Apollo. They are not human in terms of form and are not dogs in terms of content. This leads to isolation and loneliness for the dogs.

The theme of loneliness can be seen throughout the book.

The book won the 2015 Giller Prize for Canadian literature.