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Saint-Exupery - A Biography (Paperback, 1st Owl Books ed)
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Saint-Exupery - A Biography (Paperback, 1st Owl Books ed)
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From a master biographer, the life story of the daring French
aviator who became one of the twentieth century's most beloved
authors
Antoine de Saint-Exupery disappeared at age forty-four during a
reconnaissance flight over southern France. At the time he was best
known for a career of daring flights over the Sahara, the Pyrenees,
and Patagonia and for his contributions to the science of aviation.
But the solitary hours he spent above the earth in open cockpit
airplanes gave birth to a more famous legacy, a series of
enchanting, autobiographical novels and the classic story "The
Little Prince," still the most translated book in the French
language.
An impoverished aristocrat from one of France's oldest families,
Saint-Exupery moved at age twenty-seven to the western Sahara
Desert, to live alone in a plank shack and manage the way station
for the Aeropostale, the French mail service. His careers as a
novelist and an aviator were born here, and his life once he
returned to Europe was defined--with brilliant and catastrophic
results--by the sense of isolated fascination and curiosity he
developed in the desert.
In this definitive biography, Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff
reveals an intrepid and unconventional life that rivals the best
adventure stories.
"A remarkable biography; indeed, it is impossible to imagine the
job better done. It is balanced, perceptive, thoroughly researched,
and exceptionally well-written." "--The New Yorker
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