Wind, Sand and Stars

Autor*innen

• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Parameter

• 144 Seiten
• 6 Lesestunden

• Abenteuer
• Biografien & Memoiren
• Natur
• Natur, Tiere
• Philosophie

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000