Night Flight (Alma Classics)

Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Price : $22.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781847495891
Publisher : Alma Books Ltd
Imprint : Alma Classics
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Weight (g) : 0.45
Publication date : 25 August 2016
Dimensions : 198mm X 128mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Edition : 916
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 843.912
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Pages : 160
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Under the pressure of his boss, the intransigent Riviere, the airmail pilot Fabien attempts a perilous flight during a heavy night-time thunderstorm in Argentina. As conditions get worse and the radio communication with Fabien becomes increasingly difficult, Riviere begins to question his uncompromising methods, and his distress turns to guilt when the pilot's wife comes to find him in search of answers.Based on Saint-Exupery's own experiences as a commercial pilot, Night Flight is a haunting and lyrical examination of duty, destiny and the individual, as well as an authentic and tragic portrayal of the intrepid early days of human air travel.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-44) was a French writer and aviator, who disappeared on a reconnaissance mission during the Second World War. The author of several memoirs about flying, he is best remembered today for the novella The Little Prince.