Night Flight
"" was Antoine Saint Exupery's second novel. It was first published in the 1930s and was based on the author's experiences as a mail pilot in South America. The two main characters are Fabien, a pilot flying the Patagonia mail, and Riviere, his boss and the man responsible for the airmail service. The story is simple, Fabien and his airplane are lost during a night storm and he never arrives at his distinetion.
Riviere is on the ground waiting for the Patagonia mail, and as time passes he slowly realizes that the plane is lost. His reactions and thoughts are the main part of the story. He has to remain tough and devoted to his duty despite the loss, he must continue to send other ...
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later, in late thirties, after the rise of Facism, Saint-Ex was criticized for the ideas presented in "". After all, many fascist atrocities were justified as "we were only doing our duty", "just following orders". I don't believe that such criticisms are justified. Saint-Ex always tried to look for the more noble emotions and motivations in man and the devotion shown by his characters was towards the improvement of the life of man.
As a writer, Saint-Ex was a perfectionist, revising his manuscripts on the way to the printer. But his obsession resulted in beautiful, poetic writing, and that shows even in translation. For example here are the first few paragraphs of "":
Already, beneath him, through the golden evening, the shadowed hills had dug their furrows and the plains grew luminous with long-enduring light. For in these lands the ground gives off this golden glow persistently, just as, even when winter goes, the whiteness of the snow persists.
Fabien, the pilot bringing ...
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