Wind, Sand and Stars (Picador Books) (HBJ Modern Classic)

by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise, Wind, Sand and Stars captures the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure, combined with lyrical prose and the spirit of a philosopher, makes it one of the most popular works ever written about flying. Translated by Lewis Galantiere.

• ISBN10: 0156027496
• ISBN13: 9780156027496
• Publish Date: 9 December 2002 (first published 1 January 1901)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Imprint: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[viking2917]

If I rated every book by the frequency with which I highlight or dogear passages, this book would surely be at or near the top. A lot of deep thinking, some amazing adventures, and some wonderful writing.

"and when, an hour later, he slipped under the clouds, he came out into a fantastic kingdom.

Great black waterspouts had reared themselves seemingly in the immobility of temple pillars. Swollen at their tops, they were supporting the squat and lowering arch of the tempest, but through the rifts in the arch there fell slabs of light and the full moon sent her radiant beams between the pillars down upon the frozen tiles of the sea. Through these uninhabited ruins Mermoz made his way, gliding slantwise from one channel of light to the next, circling round those giant pillars in which there must have rumbled the upsurge of the sea, flying for four hours through these corridors of moonlight toward the exit from the temple. And this spectacle was so overwhelming that only after he had got through the Black Hole did Mermoz awaken to the fact that he had not been afraid."