Name: saint-exupery
SKU: 1771467
Price: 1094.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: Stacy Schiff
ISBN: 9780805079135

Type

Physical Book

Author

Stacy Schiff

Publisher

St. Martins Press-3PL

Language

English

Pages

529

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x3.6 cm

Weight

0.64 kg.

ISBN

0805079130

ISBN13

9780805079135

Synopsis "saint-exupery"

From a master biographer, the life story of the daring French aviator who became one of the twentieth century's most beloved authors Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared at age forty-four during a reconnaissance flight over southern France. At the time he was best known for a career of daring flights over the Sahara, the Pyrenees, and Patagonia and for his contributions to the science of aviation. But the solitary hours he spent above the earth in open cockpit airplanes gave birth to a more famous legacy, a series of enchanting, autobiographical novels and the classic story The Little Prince, still the most translated book in the French language. An impoverished aristocrat from one of France's oldest families, Saint-Exupéry moved at age twenty-seven to the western Sahara Desert, to live alone in a plank shack and manage the way station for the Aéropostale, the French mail service. His careers as a novelist and an aviator were born here, and his life once he returned to Europe was defined--with brilliant and catastrophic results--by the sense of isolated fascination and curiosity he developed in the desert. In this definitive biography, Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff reveals an intrepid and unconventional life that rivals the best adventure stories. A remarkable biography; indeed, it is impossible to imagine the job better done. It is balanced, perceptive, thoroughly researched, and exceptionally well-written. --The New Yorker

Stacy Schiff

(Author)

View Author's Page

Stacy Schiff is an American non-fiction author. She was a guest columnist at The New York Times

See less