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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
This book is a collection of three of Saint-Exupéry's works: "Wind, Sand, and Stars," "Night Flight," and "Flight to Arras." I loved the first, and disliked the second so much I stalled on the book. I'll probably, eventually, come back to read the third.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This book is sometimes referred to as a novel but more often as a memoir or as an autobiography. In order to comment on this book, it is necessary to look at the biographical details of the man who wrote it. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (St.Ex.) was an airplane pilot in both peace and war and was a mail delivery pilot in between. St.Ex. was also a writer, poet, journalist and an aviator. He is probably best known for his fairy tale titled “The Little Prince” published in April, 1943. St.Ex. was lost over the Mediterranean on July 31, 1944.
This is the first of three books that comprise the collective “Airman’s Odyssey”. The other titles include “Night Flight” and “Flight to Arras”. Of the three books, this one is the memoir most closely representative of his career as a young aviator. The central event in this book was a detailed account of a 1935 plane crash in the Sahara. The memoir covers the years of 1926-1939. This book provided many themes and storylines are reiterated in his novella “The Little Prince” published in 1943. “Prince” was his most successful work—selling >140 million makes it one of the all-time best sellers in history. The narrator in “Prince” is the pilot of a disabled plane. Critics immediately referenced the work as parallel between the author and the main character of the “Prince” and that the views represented in the novella were closest to St.Ex.’s own. Over the years, the novella has been described as “somber”, “fantastical”, “unrealistic”, and notes the novella reflected attitudes of the time regarding the role of men and women, war, condescension, presents an unflattering view as narrowed minded. Sentimental and erroneously profound. Goodreads places this book at 4.32 based on 2,063,230 ratings. I, for one, fall into the 5 star ratings for “The Little Prince” and because I can excuse what are described as “flaws” as an artifact of his times force a rating of 4.5 for this one. Recommend to readers of classics, memoirs, travel, adventure, biography, aviation, philosophy, history and fantasy.
This edition contains three St. Exupery books: Flight to Arras; Wind, Sand and Stars; and Night Flight. All three are memoirs of some of St. Exupery's adventures as a pilot assigned to postal mailing routes during the early days of flight.
Wind, Sand and Stars is the most philosophical memoir in the collection whereas Night Flight and Flight to Arras are more exciting. St. Exupery certainly led an action-packed life, but what's more amazing is his ability to remain thoughtful and creative even while stranded in the desert or captured by bedouins. His writing may be fun for those who crave adventure but it's also a real treat for any student of human nature to read St. Exupery's profound self-examinations and thoughts about life.
Wind, Sand and Stars is the most philosophical memoir in the collection whereas Night Flight and Flight to Arras are more exciting. St. Exupery certainly led an action-packed life, but what's more amazing is his ability to remain thoughtful and creative even while stranded in the desert or captured by bedouins. His writing may be fun for those who crave adventure but it's also a real treat for any student of human nature to read St. Exupery's profound self-examinations and thoughts about life.
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