by Stacy Schiff
First published 2011
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry soared to new literary heights, but his life was turbulent. Schiff chronicles his harrowing crashes, his tortured relationships, and his struggle to find belonging in a world at war. From the Sahara to the skies over Nazi-occupied France, Saint-Exupéry's remarkable story takes flight, revealing the passion and pain that fueled his creative genius.
Genres: biography, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, aviation
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: France
Period: 20th century
560 pages · Paperback