Southern Mail; Night Flight (Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Saint-Exupery, Antoine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140181768 ISBN 13: 9780140181760

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1989

Synopsis

In his first novel, Saint-Exupery pays homage to "those elemental divinities - night, day, mountain, sea and storm, " turning an account of a routine mail flight from France to North Africa into an epic rendering of the pioneer days of commercial aviation. "Southern Mail" is also a poignant reminiscence of a tragic affair, in which uncertainties of love and flight enhance the mystery of one another.

About this title

About the Author:

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY, the "Winged Poet," was born in Lyon, France, in 1900.A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. His writings include The Little Prince, Wind, Sand and Stars, Night Flight, Southern Mail, and Airman's Odyssey. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0140181768
• ISBN 13: 9780140181760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176