Southern Mail / Night Flight (Penguin Modern Classics): Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Southern Mail / Night Flight (Penguin Modern Classics): Antoine de Saint Exupéry

by Curtis Cate (Translator), André Gide (Introduction), André Gide (Introduction), Curtis Cate (Translator), Antoine Saint-Exupery (Author)

Synopsis

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 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-Exupery'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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: 1
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Jul 2000

ISBN 10: 0141183748
ISBN 13: 9780141183749

Author Bio
The French Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery (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-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.