Did you know that the author of The Little Prince wrote about dangerous flights in South America? Well – now you do! My review of Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is over at Shiny New Books, and the beginning of it is here:
If the name Antoine de Saint-Exupéry means anything to you, it probably only means one thing: The Little Prince. It was this contrast between legacy and his 1931 novel Night Flight that intrigued me to pick up a copy when Alma Classics printed it with a new translation by David Carter – and what an intriguing little book it is.
I liked this one a lot – short but very effective, I thought, and very evocative!
The first chapter of the memoir and adventure classic Wind, Sand, and Stars is also about Saint-Exupéry’s experiences flying in South America. He was nuts!
Indeed I did and I have read this excellent book but not the Little Prince!