Wind, Sand and Stars (1939) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry recounts the author’s experience as a pilot in the early age of global aviation flying mail around the world.
The book describes what it was like to fly when aircraft were much less reliable and the world was not as well known. The pilots were real adventurers. The book goes into detail about when the author crash landed in the desert and thought he may well die. The books final large section is about seeing the Spanish Civil War. Finally the book sumarises how we can see life.
Wind, Sand and Stars is of considerable interest as it skillfully evokes what an adventure flight was in the past and blends it with the author’s view on how this reflects on life.
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