Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Wind, Sand and Stars
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- Kategoria: tekniikka, teollisuus, , , alakategoria: metalliteollisuus, konetekniikka, liikennevälineet
- Materiaali: Isokokoinen pokkari
- Kustantaja: Penguin Books
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9780141183190
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In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the pioneering airline Latecoere — later known as Aeropostale — 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-Exupery. In 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.