Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Book Reviews of Wind, Sand and Stars
Book Review: WIND SAND AND STARS
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful writing, about great aviation history, sometimes little viewed about the an earlier day in French pioneering of flying, and routing.Book Review: Great read
Summary: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed the book. being a pilot ,it was exciting to read of his adventures.Book Review: A wonderful, easy reading
Summary: 4 Stars
Only on a few occasions in a lifetime is one given the chance to read a novel that so captures the lightness of the human spirit and the joy of living as in Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry's Wind, Sand, and Stars. With elegant, nearly poetic writing, he presents a small collection of stories from a lifetime of philosophy and adventure. Saint-Exup?ry was a French pilot who flew for the postal service A?ropostale in the 1920s, a time period when aviation was still a revolutionary and dangerous activity. Any fears he had were shadowed by his absolute love of flying and passion for soaring high above the earth, away from the material desires and violence of society. This endearing relationship between Saint-Exup?ry and his aircraft shows one of the many ways, as Wind, Sand, and Stars documents, that he finds happiness in his everyday life.Book Review: A mixed review
Summary: 3 Stars
the first and last chapters were philosophical reviews of life (comparing the exciting aspects of flying which makes life seem so vibrant) against the mundane life of bureaucrats and peasants who live and die without seeing the world (as he does from the air). A line in the closing chapter is poignant: the infant that he is sitting next to has the potential to be anything and everything; but due to its parents and its probable future life, it wont ever realize its potential (they killed Mozart).
the second to last chapter is a number of stories of the war in Spain (Franco; remember this was written about the late 1920s to the 1930s), with people fighting; it's a social commentary on war from the perspective of life and death (and has NOTHING to do with flying). This is a very long chapter (50 pages out of a 229 page book) and I was disappointed because I was'nt into reading about this.
all the other chapters were of flying (and crashing, such as surviving in the desert), were good, and I wished there were more of them.
overall, its an uneven book because it covers more areas than just flying (or even flying from the perspective of life & death). As a recommendation, I could take it or leave it.
Book Review: For pilot-philosophers
Summary: 3 Stars
The famous French pilot shares some experiences of his early career. Slightly rambling, the book does have some unforgettable moments. For example his description of a night under a cloudless Sahara sky. I liked that.