Night Flight
Newly Translated and Annotated
$18.13
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2016
Summary
Under the pressure of his boss, the intransigent Rivière, the airmail pilot Fabien attempts a perilous flight during a heavy night-time thunderstorm in Argentina. As conditions get worse and the radio communication with Fabien becomes increasingly difficult, Rivière begins to question his uncompromising methods, and his distress turns to guilt when the pilot’s wife comes to find him in search of answers.
Based on Saint-Exupéry’s own experiences as a commercial pilot, Night Flight is a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847495891 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847495893 |
| Author: | Antoine de Saint-Exupery, David Carter |
| Publisher: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Alma Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 126mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
What gives this book an authentic and inimitable flavour is the personal confrontation with a recurrent peril… Quite aside from its literary merits, which I much admire, this book is valuable as a document; and it is the unusual combination of these two qualities which makes Night Flight so exceptionally important. – André Gide
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–44) was a French writer and aviator, who disappeared on a reconnaissance mission during the Second World War. The author of several novels about flying, he is best remembered today for the children’s book The Little Prince.
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