Saint-Exupéry : a biography

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Saint-Exupéry : a biography

by Stacy Schiff

Chatto & Windus, 1994

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Bibliography: p. [511]-514

Includes index

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Description

This is an account of the life of the eccentric Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Born in 1900 of impoverished aristocracy, he swiftly developed a mania for aviation, despite his chaotic mind and total technological incompetence. He flew reconnaisance missions in the war and wrote strange books, including the classic children's story "The Little Prince", between theatrically-executed airplane crashes. He died in the air in 1944, and his brief life instantly acquired mythical status.

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  • NCID
    BA24722659
  • ISBN
    • 0701160896
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 525 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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