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Wind, Sand and Stars

内容简介

In1926deSaint-ExupérybeganflyingforthepioneeringairlineLatécoère-laterknownasAéropostale-openingupthefirstmailroutesacrosstheSaharaandtheAndes.WIND,SANDANDSTARSisdrawnfromthisexperience.InterweavingencounterswithnomadicArabsandotheradventuresintoarichlytexturedautobiographicalnarrativewhichincludestheextraordinarystoryofhiscrashintheLibyanDesertin1936,andhismiraculoussurvival.'Self-discoverycomeswhenamanmeasureshimselfagainstanobstacle,'writesSaint-Exupéry.Thisbookheexploresthetranscendentperceptionsthatarisewhenlifeistestedtoitslimits.Bothagrippingtaleofadventureandapoeticmeditation.

作者简介

TheFrenchWriterandaviatorAntoinedeSaint-Exupéry(1900-1944),wasborninLyon.Hisfirsttwobooks,SOUTHERNMAILandNIGHTFLIGHT,aredistinguishedbyapoeticevocationoftheromanceanddisciplineofflying.Laterworks,includingWIND,SANDANDSTARSandFLIGHTTOARRAS,stresshishumanisticphilosophy.Saint-Exupéry'spopularchildren'sbookTHELITTLEPRINCEisalsoreadbyadultsforitsallegoricalmeaning.Saint-Exupéry'splanedisappearedduringamissioninWorldWarII.

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