Wind, Sand and Stars

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Wind, Sand and Stars

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ISBN: 9780141183190
author: [法] Antoine de Saint-Exupery
publishing house: Penguin Classics
publication date: 2000 -5
binding: 平装
price: 68.00元
number of pages: 144

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[法] Antoine de Saint-Exupery   

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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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