Modern Classics Southern Mail and Night Flight (Penguin Modern Classics) De, Saint Exupery; Gide, Andre Antoine and Cate, Curtis Antoine

Author: Saint-Exupery, Antoine

Brand: Penguin

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 176

Release Date: 22-08-2000

Part Number: 9780141183749

Details: Product Description
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, an intrepid and eccentric adventurer, transferred his passion for flying to the written word by writing several classics of aviation literature, including Southern Mail and Night Flight. Based on Saint-Exupéry's trail-blazing flights for the French airmail service over the Sahara and later, the Andes, these two novels evoke the tragic courage and nobility of the airborne pioneers who took enormous risks, flying in open cock-pits in planes that were often fragile and unstable.
About the Author
The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (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-Exupéry's popular children's book THE LITTLE PRINCE is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. Saint-Exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.

EAN: 9780141183749

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.5 inches

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