First published 1966
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry recounts his time as a pilot flying the treacherous mail routes over the Sahara and the Andes. We see him crash his plane in the Sahara and, with his navigator, struggle to survive for days without food or water before reaching safety. This lyrical memoir captures the sensory experience of flight and the profound solitude of the desert.
Genres: 20th-century, adventure, biography-memoir, aviation
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, lyrical
Tropes: man-vs-nature, solitude
Setting: France, Morocco, Libya, The Sahara, The Andes
Period: 20th century
240 pages · Paperback