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* „Южна поща“
* „Нощен полет“
* „Земя на хората“
* „Боен пилот“
* „Писмо до един заложник“
* „Малкият принц“
* „Южна поща“
* „Нощен полет“
* „Земя на хората“
* „Боен пилот“
* „Писмо до един заложник“
* „Малкият принц“
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484 pages, Hardcover
First published October 19, 1953
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About the author
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1,545 books8,739 followersPeople best know French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for his fairy tale
The Little Prince
(1943).
He flew for the first time at the age of 12 years in 1912 at the Ambérieu airfield and then determined to a pilot. Even after moving to a school in Switzerland and spending summer vacations at the château of the family at Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens in east, he kept that ambition. He repeatedly uses the house at Saint-Maurice.
Later, in Paris, he failed the entrance exams for the naval academy and instead enrolled at the prestigious l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1921, Saint-Exupéry, stationed in Strasbourg, began serving in the military. He learned and forever settled his career path as a pilot. After leaving the service in 1923, Saint-Exupéry worked in several professions but in 1926 went back and signed as a pilot for Aéropostale, a private airline that from Toulouse flew mail to Dakar, Senegal. In 1927, Saint-Exupéry accepted the position of airfield chief for Cape Juby in southern Morocco and began his first book, a memoir, called Southern Mail and published in 1929.
He then moved briefly to Buenos Aires to oversee the establishment of an Argentinean mail service, returned to Paris in 1931, and then published Night Flight , which won instant success and the prestigious Prix Femina. Always daring Saint-Exupéry tried from Paris in 1935 to break the speed record for flying to Saigon. Unfortunately, his plane crashed in the Libyan Desert, and he and his copilot trudged through the sand for three days to find help. In 1938, a second plane crash at that time, as he tried to fly between city of New York and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, seriously injured him. The crash resulted in a long convalescence in New York.
He published Wind, Sand and Stars , next novel, in 1939. This great success won the grand prize for novel of the academy and the national book award in the United States. Saint-Exupéry flew reconnaissance missions at the beginning of the Second World War but went to New York to ask the United States for help when the Germans occupied his country. He drew on his wartime experiences to publish Flight to Arras and Letter to a Hostage in 1942.
Later in 1943, Saint-Exupéry rejoined his air squadron in northern Africa. From earlier plane crashes, Saint-Exupéry still suffered physically, and people forbade him to fly, but he insisted on a mission. From Borgo, Corsica, on 31 July 1944, he set to overfly occupied region. He never returned.
He flew for the first time at the age of 12 years in 1912 at the Ambérieu airfield and then determined to a pilot. Even after moving to a school in Switzerland and spending summer vacations at the château of the family at Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens in east, he kept that ambition. He repeatedly uses the house at Saint-Maurice.
Later, in Paris, he failed the entrance exams for the naval academy and instead enrolled at the prestigious l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1921, Saint-Exupéry, stationed in Strasbourg, began serving in the military. He learned and forever settled his career path as a pilot. After leaving the service in 1923, Saint-Exupéry worked in several professions but in 1926 went back and signed as a pilot for Aéropostale, a private airline that from Toulouse flew mail to Dakar, Senegal. In 1927, Saint-Exupéry accepted the position of airfield chief for Cape Juby in southern Morocco and began his first book, a memoir, called Southern Mail and published in 1929.
He then moved briefly to Buenos Aires to oversee the establishment of an Argentinean mail service, returned to Paris in 1931, and then published Night Flight , which won instant success and the prestigious Prix Femina. Always daring Saint-Exupéry tried from Paris in 1935 to break the speed record for flying to Saigon. Unfortunately, his plane crashed in the Libyan Desert, and he and his copilot trudged through the sand for three days to find help. In 1938, a second plane crash at that time, as he tried to fly between city of New York and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, seriously injured him. The crash resulted in a long convalescence in New York.
He published Wind, Sand and Stars , next novel, in 1939. This great success won the grand prize for novel of the academy and the national book award in the United States. Saint-Exupéry flew reconnaissance missions at the beginning of the Second World War but went to New York to ask the United States for help when the Germans occupied his country. He drew on his wartime experiences to publish Flight to Arras and Letter to a Hostage in 1942.
Later in 1943, Saint-Exupéry rejoined his air squadron in northern Africa. From earlier plane crashes, Saint-Exupéry still suffered physically, and people forbade him to fly, but he insisted on a mission. From Borgo, Corsica, on 31 July 1944, he set to overfly occupied region. He never returned.
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June 2, 2020
Почти няма излишни параграфи и затова се чете трудно. Но пък всичко е вярно
— За мене сега ти си само едно момченце, което прилича досущ на сто хиляди други момченца. И не си ми потребен. А и аз също тъй не съм ти потребна. За тебе аз съм една лисица, която прилича досущ на сто хиляди други лисици. Но ако ти ме опитомиш, ние ще сме си потребни един на друг. За мене ти ще бъдеш единствен в света. За тебе аз ще бъда единствена в света…
— Започвам да разбирам — каза малкият принц. — Има едно цветче… мисля, че то ме е опитомило.
— За мене сега ти си само едно момченце, което прилича досущ на сто хиляди други момченца. И не си ми потребен. А и аз също тъй не съм ти потребна. За тебе аз съм една лисица, която прилича досущ на сто хиляди други лисици. Но ако ти ме опитомиш, ние ще сме си потребни един на друг. За мене ти ще бъдеш единствен в света. За тебе аз ще бъда единствена в света…
— Започвам да разбирам — каза малкият принц. — Има едно цветче… мисля, че то ме е опитомило.
August 10, 2023
Plongée dans l’univers
Lorsque l’on se lance dans la lecture de la Pléiade, il y a toujours quelque chose de sacré. Une appréhension, une peur du texte qui nous y attend.
Pour Saint-Exupéry, tout le monde en connait Le Petit Prince…mais le reste?
Ce premier tome de ses œuvres comporte des écrits de jeunesse, avec des textes et des poèmes qui ne sont restés opaques, voire incompréhensibles pour certains. J’ai eu peur de ne pas pouvoir me laisser embarquer dans son univers.
Viennent ensuite les récits. Certains, du moins. La maturité se fait ressentir au fur et à mesures des pages, il grandit, il se pose, il vit, il craint et il se sent seul. Sa pensée se déploie telle une carte, un couloir aérien inconnu que l’on empreinte pour la première fois. La prose poétique vous étreint le cœur, vous faisant vivre au battement des hélices et à la lenteur de la chaleur du Sahara.
Le reste du livre est consacré à sa correspondance bouleversante avec sa mère et ses amis. On y découvre l’envers du décor. L’écrivain posé, adulte et réfléchi qui montre au monde des avions et des aventures extraordinaires se trouve en fait être un jeune homme qui se sent profondément seul et dépendant de l’amour maternel. Jeune homme capricieux, mais toujours touchant au point qu’on ne lui en tient pas rigueur, Saint-Exupéry est montré dans toute sa complexité.
Lorsque l’on se lance dans la lecture de la Pléiade, il y a toujours quelque chose de sacré. Une appréhension, une peur du texte qui nous y attend.
Pour Saint-Exupéry, tout le monde en connait Le Petit Prince…mais le reste?
Ce premier tome de ses œuvres comporte des écrits de jeunesse, avec des textes et des poèmes qui ne sont restés opaques, voire incompréhensibles pour certains. J’ai eu peur de ne pas pouvoir me laisser embarquer dans son univers.
Viennent ensuite les récits. Certains, du moins. La maturité se fait ressentir au fur et à mesures des pages, il grandit, il se pose, il vit, il craint et il se sent seul. Sa pensée se déploie telle une carte, un couloir aérien inconnu que l’on empreinte pour la première fois. La prose poétique vous étreint le cœur, vous faisant vivre au battement des hélices et à la lenteur de la chaleur du Sahara.
Le reste du livre est consacré à sa correspondance bouleversante avec sa mère et ses amis. On y découvre l’envers du décor. L’écrivain posé, adulte et réfléchi qui montre au monde des avions et des aventures extraordinaires se trouve en fait être un jeune homme qui se sent profondément seul et dépendant de l’amour maternel. Jeune homme capricieux, mais toujours touchant au point qu’on ne lui en tient pas rigueur, Saint-Exupéry est montré dans toute sa complexité.
May 19, 2015
"Tornámo-nos eternamente responsáveis por aquilo que cativamos".
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
May 31, 2012
Terre des Hommes is my preferred book from Saint-Exupery.
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