Wind, Sand and Stars (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Autobiographical
- Time of Work: 1926–1936
- Setting: The Pyrenees, the Sahara, and the Andes
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Philosophy or philosophers, 1920’s, 1930’s, Ethics, Flight, Airplanes or jets, Aviation or aviators, Deserts
- Locales: Andes, Pyrenees, Sahara
Characters Discussed
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (sah[n]- tayg-zew-pay-ree), a French pioneer of early aviation. Beginning in 1926, when he began to fly the mails across the Pyrenees, the author had many adventures. In this random novelistic account of eight years as a pilot, Saint-Exupéry tells of some of his experiences, without a trace of melodrama or pride. Planes still had open cockpits when he began to fly, and in low visibility, pilots often would thrust their heads out because they could not see through the windscreen. Without radio, becoming lost was not uncommon. Once,...
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