Night FlightIn this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. |
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It's a concoction of feelings that are not so very admirable. A touch of anger, a
spice of vanity, a lot of obstinacy and a tawdry 'sporting' thrill. Above all, a
stimulation of one's physical energies, which, however, is oddly out of place. One
just folds ...
It's a concoction of feelings that are not so very admirable. A touch of anger, a
spice of vanity, a lot of obstinacy and a tawdry 'sporting' thrill. Above all, a
stimulation of one's physical energies, which, however, is oddly out of place. One
just folds ...
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He was in silent mood, for, till the three planes had come in, he could not shake
off a feeling of apprehension which had been haunting him all day. Minute by
minute, as the telegrams were passed to him, Riviere felt that he had scored
another ...
He was in silent mood, for, till the three planes had come in, he could not shake
off a feeling of apprehension which had been haunting him all day. Minute by
minute, as the telegrams were passed to him, Riviere felt that he had scored
another ...
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For the first time in his life this veteran fighter caught himself feeling tired. Never
could an arrival of the planes mean for him the victory that ends a war and
preludes a spell of smiling peace. For him it meant just one more step, with a
thousand ...
For the first time in his life this veteran fighter caught himself feeling tired. Never
could an arrival of the planes mean for him the victory that ends a war and
preludes a spell of smiling peace. For him it meant just one more step, with a
thousand ...
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