Saint-Exupéry--Angel and Writer

Author: (French) de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Zhou Ran
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Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Natali de Saint-Exupéry reveals two faces of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: the angel, the pilot of the postal airline, the test pilot of new aircraft, the ground combat pilot of the 2/33 reconnaissance unit, and the pilot who disappeared over the Mediterranean in July 1944: a writer who published only five books in his lifetime but never stopped writing, leaving behind a large number of letters and articles published in newspapers and magazines, through which he confirmed the turmoil of his time. "I started writing at the age of six. It wasn’t the airplane that made me write books. I think if I had been a miner, I would have tried to draw lessons from the earth." It can be seen that South Line Mail Route, Night Flight, Wind, Sand and Stars, and Flight to Arras were conceived in the sky, telling the lives of pilots by a pilot, and records of flight missions. Through flying, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry gained wings; through writing, he spoke for his companions in the vast sky. After fleeing to New York, he created a character from another planet with love, and he himself drew this character with messy golden hair: Little Prince. Natali de Saint-Exupéry reveals two faces of Saint-Exupéry: the angel, the postal airline pilot, the test pilot of new aircraft, the ground combat pilot of the 2/33 reconnaissance unit, the pilot who disappeared over the Mediterranean in July 1944: a writer who published only five books in his lifetime but never stopped writing, leaving behind a large number of letters and articles published in newspapers and magazines, through which he confirmed the turmoil of his time. Aircraft, pilots, friends; the earth viewed from the sky, the sky looked up from the earth; a family he remained loyal to: manuscripts, books, humorous or melancholic illustrations; the Little Prince and his planet in the paintings; Africa, Americans, war. This book presents one hundred sixty pieces of material to showcase the legend of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.