Wartime Writings 1939-1944
Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Mariner Books, $12 (264pp) ISBN 978-0-15-694740-4
These mostly private writings by the author of The Little Prince , who died on a reconnaissance flight in North Africa in 1944, reflect his mental torment over France's 1940 defeat and his own perceived exile, first in New York and then Algeria. PW maintained , ``These edited fragments, philosophical and at times poetic, are intriguing, but add little to the literary stature of a legendary voice in aviation.'' (Nov.)
Details
Reviewed on: 10/31/1990
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 978-0-685-47700-7
Hardcover - 237 pages - 978-0-15-194680-8