Southern Mail (Harbrace Paperbound Library) - Softcover

De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156839016 ISBN 13: 9780156839013

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1972

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.

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From the Back Cover:

"Certainly no one else has come even close to Saint-Exupery, not only in recapturing the detailed sensations of flight by air, but also--and more importantly--in transforming them into something convincingly poetic." -- The New York Times Book Review

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 the uncertainties of love and flight enhance the mystery of one another.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), best known as the author of The Little Prince, was also a pioneer aviator. In 1944 he flew his plane over the Mediterranean on a World War II mission from which he never returned.

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About the Author:

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY, 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: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0156839016
• ISBN 13: 9780156839013
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132