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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air mail airport amongst Bahia Blanca beneath Brazil breath Buenos Aires calm Chile clear sky clouds cockpit Commodoro con crew cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feeling fellow FLIGHT TO ARRAS flowers flying grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour human Inspector Robineau knew lamp land Leroux light lips LITTLE PRINCE little towns lives looked lost man's manometers minutes Monsieur Robineau moon murmured mused night duty night flights paper Paraguay passed his finger Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot pity plane Riviere felt Riviere thought Riviere's Robineau felt rose Saint-Exupery San Julian SAND AND STARS secret seemed shadow shining ship shoulders silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Riviere thousand tonight touch Trelew turned victory voice watched weather weather reports wind wireless operator
Bibliographic information
| Title | Night Flight Harbrace paperbound library |
| Author | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0547542798, 9780547542799 |
| Length | 96 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics |
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