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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
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- Released
- 2000
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- Title
- Wind, Sand and Stars
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN10
- 0141183195
- ISBN13
- 9780141183190
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Science & Math, Nature, Adventure, Natural sciences, Philosophical Topics, Biology, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Friendship, France, Fun, Death, Life, French Literature, Happiness, Loneliness, Deserts, Pilots, Flying, North Africa, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1900–1944
- First published
- 1939
- Original title
- Terre des Hommes
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 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.