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    Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Night Flight with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a captivating tale about the perils faced by pilots in the years when commercial aviation was just starting to emerge as a viable transportation option. Saint-Exupéry uses lyrical prose rich in imagery to capture both the wonder and the terror experienced by the individuals who risked their lives every time they took to the sky, in a narrative that revolves around one man’s decision to fly into the heart of a storm in the hopes of delivering his cargo on time. Saint-Exupéry’s works have been translated into over 250 languages and continue to be well-loved decades after his death. He was also the recipient of notable awards such as the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française and the Prix Femina.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateJun 20, 2018
    ISBN9782808010214
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      Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French writer, poet and aviator

      Born in Lyon in 1900.

      Presumed to have died off the coast of Corsica in 1944.

      Notable works:

      Southern Mail (1929), novel

      Wind, Sand and Stars (1939), memoir

      The Little Prince (1943), novella

      Antoine de Saint-Exupéry flew an aeroplane for the first time at the tender age of 12, and immortalised his feelings about the experience in a poem. He never lost his love of writing, and rubbed shoulders with many other writers while living in Paris many years later. In 1926, he began working as a pilot for an airborne postal company founded by Pierre Latécoère (French aeronautical pioneer, 1883-1943), which was renamed the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale the following year. During his time there, he made his mark on the history of postal aviation by helping to establish the first commercial aerial route between Europe and South America, working under the guidance of Didier Daurat (French aviator, 1891-1969). Saint-Exupéry disappeared in 1944 during a reconnaissance flight over Corsica for the Allied forces in World War II (1939-1945), and is presumed to have been killed in action.

      Many of his works were autobiographical in nature, including Night Flight (1931), Flight to Arras (1942), Letter to a Hostage (1944), and The Wisdom of the Sands (1948). His most successful works are Wind, Sand and Stars (1939), which won the prestigious Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française, and The Little Prince (1943), which is one of the best-selling works of fiction of all time.

      The poetic side of adventure

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Saint-Exupéry, A. (2016) Night Flight. Trans. Carter, D. Richmond: Alma Classics.

      1st edition: 1931

      Themes: aviation, heroism, fear, night, overcoming limitations, duty, brotherhood

      Saint-Exupéry wrote Night Flight in South America during his time as the director of the Aeroposta Argentina airline, which was a local branch of the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale. The novel tells the remarkable story of how

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