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In 1926 de Saint-Exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline Latécoère - later known as Aéropostale - 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 which includes the extraordinary story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. 'Self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes Saint-Exupéry. This book he explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limits. Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation.
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Wind, Sand and Stars, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2000
- Reliure
- (souple),
- État du livre
- Très bon
- Prix
- 7,99 €
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- Titre
- Wind, Sand and Stars
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Éditeur
- Penguin Classics
- Publié
- 2000
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN10
- 0141183195
- ISBN13
- 9780141183190
- Séries
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- La nature, Aventure, Sciences naturelles, Thématique philosophique, Amitié, France, Divertissement, Mort, Littérature française, Vie, Bonheur, Solitude, Déserts, Pilotes et aviateurs, Vol, Afrique du Nord, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1900–1944
- Première publication
- 1939
- Titre original
- Terre des Hommes
- Évaluation
- 4,2 sur 5
- Description
- In 1926 de Saint-Exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline Latécoère - later known as Aéropostale - 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 which includes the extraordinary story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. 'Self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes Saint-Exupéry. This book he explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limits. Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation.