Stacy Schiff. Saint-Exupéry. Biography

When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry vanished into thin air in 1944, like his most famous hero, The Little Prince, he was already a legend. Back then, pilots flew through sandstorms in open cockpits, without precise navigation instruments, under fire from rebellious African tribes. Saint-Exupéry wrote several remarkable books about courageous aviators: "Night Flight," "Southern Mail," and "Flight to Arras," but his most famous work remains "The Little Prince," beloved by adults and children alike and the most frequently translated work of French literature. Stacy Schiff, an American writer and admirer of Saint-Exupéry, has created a vivid, engaging, and honest biography of this extraordinary man and remarkable writer.