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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Poor. No dust jacket. edge wear corners bumped missing page 1&2 a few other pages pulled out of binding but remain in book. Text in English, 243p. Translation of Terre des hommes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1967-04-12
ISBN-13:9780156970907ISBN:0156970902
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. An average used paperback with wear, corner bumps, small creases, light stains, etc. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Reynal & Hitchcock, New York
Date Published: 1939
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. worn on edges of boards corner clipped Dj worn on edges tornon jacket spine small rip at top edge of jacket. 9 p.l., 11-306. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
Description: Good. 1967-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780151970872ISBN:0151970874
Description: Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
"This is a bit of a biography by the man who wrote "The Little Prince" He was one of the pioneers of aviation and this book is full of the adventures that make some people want to fly and others wonder why they do. He writes so beautifully and with such poetry about flying over (and being stranded in) the Sahara desert, the mountains of South America and Spain. There is also a rather long section about the Spanish Civil War which makes one wonder about why people go to war at all. It's a delightful book."
"while i was reading this book i felt a silent beauty.i felt that i was sharing with someone the feeling i have when i am alone, swimming in the sea or walking on the mountain.a feeling that i could never describe myself. this book also helped me understand (long time after i' ve read it) something.That you get to know a place only by learning about the people who live there and other little stories that give an identity to the place, to the land."
"I don't think I have ever read this in English before, but the translation (Lewis Galantiere) was excellent, and Saint-Exupery's unique prose does seem to come through. "Prisoner of the Sand" is a recommended section for anyone who has read The Little Prince and who wants to see some of its origins drawn from a true episode of Saint-Exupery's life."
"Antoine de Saint-Exupery (the author of "The Little Prince") wrote this amazing book about his experiences as a pilot in the 20's and 30s. He flys routes over the Sahara and finds himself in all kinds of danger and adventure. The author is also a talented philosopher, expounding on the freedom of the skies and the value of a life well lived.
I wanted to like this book a lot more than I actually did. There are some breathtakingly beautiful and profound passages, and Antoine has a gift for thoughtful lyricism in his writing (or perhaps that's the translator? maybe both). For fans of his more famous work, its rewarding to connect his biography to some of the things that happen in the Little Prince; a reminder that all great fiction is a tapestry of real life experience.
Unfortunately, there are also long stretches where the narrative seems to get lost in Antoine's intricacies. I found myself doubling back several times to try and pickup where the story left off after 2-3 pages of rumination. In the end, the whole book was less than the some of its parts. It seemed disjointed and I struggled through the last 20 pages. I'm happy I picked it up, and learned a lot from it, but I'm not sure it was a wholly enjoyable read."
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