Wind Sand and Stars

Informationen zum Autor Antoine Saint-Exupery Klappentext The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exup¿ (1900-1944), was born in Lyon. His first two books, SOUTHERN MAIL and NIGHT FLIGHT, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including WIND, SAND AND STARS and FLIGHT TO ARRAS, stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exup¿'s popular children's book THE LITTLE PRINCE is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. Saint-Exup¿'s plane disappeared during a mission in World War II. Zusammenfassung In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. This autobiographical narrative combines encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures. It includes the story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival.

Product details

• Authors: Saint-Exupery, Antoine Saint-Exupery, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Assisted by: William Rees (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.05.2000
• EAN: 9780141183190
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118319-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Piloting & Flight Instruction, Aviation skills / piloting, Aviation skills and piloting