{"id":1163,"date":"2022-02-11T16:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T16:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/?post_type=books&p=1163"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T08:29:29","slug":"wind-sand-and-stars","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/wind-sand-and-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind, Sand And Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saint-Exup\u00e9ry draws on his experiences as an A\u00e9ropostale mail delivery pilot in these deeply human autobiographical tales. He goes beyond religion and philosophy to reach something almost mystical.<\/div>\n
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Publish Date:<\/strong>\u00a01939\u00a0Awards:<\/strong> 1939 Grand Prix du roman de l’Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise; 1939 National Book Award for Nonfiction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Drawing from his own experience as a pilot, this memoir recounts de Saint-Exupery’s adventures flying the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes for the pioneering airline Latecoere, including his crash in the Libyan desert in 1936.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n