Wind, Sand and Stars

  • en
  • Broché
  • 9780141183190
  • 25 mai 2000
  • 144 pages
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Résumé

Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, Antoine de Saint Exupery's Wind, Sand and Stars is the lyrical autobiography of an aviation pioneer, from the author of The Little Prince. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated from the French with an introduction by William Rees. In 1926 de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Wind, Sand and Stars is drawn from this experience. Interweaving encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative, it has its climax in the extraordinary story of Saint-Exupery's crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. 'Self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes Saint-Exupery. This book explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limits. Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-44), was born in Lyon, France. 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-Exupery's popular children's book The Little Prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. Saint-Exupery's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II. If you enjoyed Wind, Sand and Stars, you might like Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'A Conrad of the air ... Like Conrad, Saint-Exupery is a poet of action' Andre Maurois

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Contenu

Langue
en
Binding
Broché
Date de sortie initiale
25 mai 2000
Nombre de pages
144
Illustrations
Non

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal
Antoine Saint-ExupÉRy
Deuxième auteur
W. Rees
Coauteur
W. Rees
Rédacteur en chef
William Rees
Editeur principal
Penguin Classics

Traduction

Premier traducteur
William Rees

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Hauteur de l'emballage
12 mm
Hauteur du produit
8 mm
Largeur d'emballage
127 mm
Largeur du produit
128 mm
Livre d‘étude
Non
Longueur d'emballage
196 mm
Longueur du produit
198 mm
Poids de l'emballage
248 g
Police de caractères extra large
Non
Édition
New ed

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EAN
9780141183190

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