Wind, Sand and Stars av Antoine Saint-Exupery

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<p>Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, Antoine de Saint Exup¿''s <i>Wind, Sand and Stars </i>is the lyrical autobiography of an aviation pioneer, from the author of <i>The Little Prince.</i> This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated from the French with an introduction by William Rees.<br><br>In 1926 de Saint-Exup¿ began flying for the pioneering airline Lat¿¿ - later known as A¿postale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. <i>Wind, Sand and Stars </i>is drawn from this experience. Interweaving encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative, it has its climax in the extraordinary story of Saint-Exup¿''s crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. ''Self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,'' writes Saint-Exup¿. This book explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limits. <br><br>Writer and a