The Wisdom of the Sands (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Philosophical observations and reflections
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Kings, queens, or royalty, Soldiers, Life, philosophy of, Meditation, Deserts, Prayers
Critical Evaluation:
THE WISDOM OF THE SANDS, or CITADELLE, as it was titled in French, was published posthumously, Saint-Exupéry having been shot down in 1944 while on a scouting mission in World War II. This book differs from his earlier ones, all of which had action and story line. THE WISDOM OF THE SANDS represents a kind of diary, not of what he did, but of what he thought. He kept the manuscript by him wherever he traveled, added to it daily, and apparently intended it to sum up his ideas on all the moral and spiritual questions confronting mankind....
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