Night Flight

Informationen zum Autor Antoine de Saint-Exupéry  (1900-1944), born in Lyons, France, is one of the world’s best loved and widest read writers. His timeless fable, The Little Prince, has sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into nearly every language. His pilot’s memoir, Wind, Sand and Stars, won the National Book Award and was named the #1 adventure book of all time by Outside magazine and was ranked #3 on National Geographic Adventure ’s list of all-time-best exploration books . His other books include Night Flight; Southern Mail; and Airman's Odyssey . A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean.  Klappentext From the author of the world renowned masterpiece The Little Prince, Saint-Exupery's novel Night Flight is similarly magical in its telling of the miracle of flight. In this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Zusammenfassung From the author of the world renowned masterpiece The Little Prince, Saint-Exupery’s novel Night Flight is similarly magical in its telling of the miracle of flight. In this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine De Saint-Exupary, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• Mitarbeit: Stuart Gilbert (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: External catalogues_US
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.03.1974
• EAN: 9780156656054
• ISBN: 978-0-15-665605-4
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 5 mm
• Serien: Harbrace Paperbound Library; Harbrace Paperbound Library
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Thrillers / General, FICTION: Action & Adventure, FICTION: Science Fiction / Space Opera, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Romance / Action & Adventure, FICTION: Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION: Romance / Science Fiction