Air Force Pilot: Complete Works of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Author: [French] Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: A fairy tale with illustrations drawn by the author of The Little Prince, the second most read book in the world after the Bible, with global circulation exceeding 500 million copies, translated into at least 102 languages. Heidegger called The Little Prince the greatest existentialist novel. Night Flight is Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, which won the Femina Prize in 1931 and was adapted into a film in 1939. Wind, Sand, Stars (English translation of L'Homme et la Terre) won the Prix du Roman de l'Académie Fran?aise and was ranked third on National Geographic's list of the 20th century's 100 greatest adventure books. However, Sartre said that L'Homme et la Terre pioneered existentialist fiction. Flight to Arras is Saint-Exupéry's long novel, which caused a huge sensation upon its publication in the United States. Southern Mail was adapted into a film in 1937, a documentary novel full of philosophy and extraordinary imagination.