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.