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First published February 6, 1939
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Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry
1,335听books8,463听followersPeople best know French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry for his fairy tale
The Little Prince
(1943).
He flew for the first time at the age of 12 years in 1912 at the Amb茅rieu airfield and then determined to a pilot. Even after moving to a school in Switzerland and spending summer vacations at the ch芒teau of the family at Saint-Maurice-de-R茅mens 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-Exup茅ry, 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-Exup茅ry worked in several professions but in 1926 went back and signed as a pilot for A茅ropostale, a private airline that from Toulouse flew mail to Dakar, Senegal. In 1927, Saint-Exup茅ry 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-Exup茅ry 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-Exup茅ry 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-Exup茅ry rejoined his air squadron in northern Africa. From earlier plane crashes, Saint-Exup茅ry 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 Amb茅rieu airfield and then determined to a pilot. Even after moving to a school in Switzerland and spending summer vacations at the ch芒teau of the family at Saint-Maurice-de-R茅mens 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-Exup茅ry, 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-Exup茅ry worked in several professions but in 1926 went back and signed as a pilot for A茅ropostale, a private airline that from Toulouse flew mail to Dakar, Senegal. In 1927, Saint-Exup茅ry 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-Exup茅ry 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-Exup茅ry 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-Exup茅ry rejoined his air squadron in northern Africa. From earlier plane crashes, Saint-Exup茅ry 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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Wind, Sand and Stars is a memoir by the French aristocrat aviator-writer Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry, and a winner of several literary awards.
It deals with themes such as friendship, death, heroism, and solidarity among colleagues, and illustrates the author's opinions of what makes life worth living.
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Wind, Sand and Stars is a memoir by the French aristocrat aviator-writer Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry, and a winner of several literary awards.
It deals with themes such as friendship, death, heroism, and solidarity among colleagues, and illustrates the author's opinions of what makes life worth living.
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June 25, 2008oh... maybe I'm just a sucker for Saint-Exup茅ry. Let me go on about the title. It just doesn't translate into English. I LIKE the traditional English title, Wind, Sand, and Stars, but the puns all get lost. They'd get lost no mattr how you translate it, though. In French, la terre is not just the world, the earth, but also earth, dirt, ground and land; there are puns on terrain--terraine, landscape--and territoire, territory--the word atterrir, TO LAND an aeroplane, literally means to alight on earth. So all these things get talked about, man's relationship to earth from above and from ON the earth, but also you get quite a bit of the literal translation "world of men"--a plea for peace and for environmental moderation. (All the early aviators are blown away by the beauty of the earth from the air.)
My favorite part of this book is where he lands on an inaccessible plateau in North Africa and, after marvelling that he is the first living thing EVER to have drawn breath here, notices that the place is littered with meteorites. And what is so wonderful about this book is not that St. X experienced that moment, but that through him, *I* get to experience it too. "Nous demandons 脿 boire, mais nous demandons aussi 脿 communiquer." The pages are filled with the desperation to communicate, man's love of solitude tempered and ruined by his dependence on others. This is the landscape of The Little Prince--all the characters are here, and were real.
Incidentally, I'd forgotten what a huge influence the core story in this book--plane crash in the desert and subsequent brush with nearly dying of thirst--was on my own book, The Sunbird.
This is the first time I've read this book in French. It's not long and it's very accessible to the struggling Francophile.
My favorite part of this book is where he lands on an inaccessible plateau in North Africa and, after marvelling that he is the first living thing EVER to have drawn breath here, notices that the place is littered with meteorites. And what is so wonderful about this book is not that St. X experienced that moment, but that through him, *I* get to experience it too. "Nous demandons 脿 boire, mais nous demandons aussi 脿 communiquer." The pages are filled with the desperation to communicate, man's love of solitude tempered and ruined by his dependence on others. This is the landscape of The Little Prince--all the characters are here, and were real.
Incidentally, I'd forgotten what a huge influence the core story in this book--plane crash in the desert and subsequent brush with nearly dying of thirst--was on my own book, The Sunbird.
This is the first time I've read this book in French. It's not long and it's very accessible to the struggling Francophile.
October 29, 2024
What would seem just a simple memoir by the pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery turns into something much greater a philosophy of life, with all its complexities and anxieties revealed, which transforms this and becomes inimitable... The beginning is about the young airman full of doubt as he is given his first long flight carrying mail, set in 1926 and ending by 1936. You can imagine how flimsy the airplanes were, no radio or Global Positioning System only landmarks for navigation, in bad weather the low flying craft, becomes a treacherous journey. Nevertheless Antoine perseveres while others fall to perpetual darkness ...pilots are brave yet not immortal. Crashing in the Sahara desert with intractable tribes nearby doesn't make our friend happy the opposite though, however the nature of him will always be positive. Besides the love of being airborne over scorching deserts, dodging tall mountain peaks in the snowy Andes in South America unruffled, high above free as the eagle feels, not nervous but supreme confident of his maneuvers, climbing heavenly and the descend mythical . And crossing the immense endless oceans knowing to plunge would be his last day, thrilled by the accumulated experiences, still gaining acclaim from fellow aviators. But Monsieur Saint-Exupery is an observer of the human race, seeing slaves in West Africa and freeing one by paying the master for his freedom . Surviving another crack-up in North Africa, with Prevot his mechanic, mirages and thirst will make anyone hallucinate. Seeing things that are not there yet wishing they were. Step by step he advances, spotting lakes, cool pools as his throat needs quenching, the fiery sun beats relentlessly down, viewing Arabs he knows aren't real but wishes otherwise. Later the biggest trauma he views until then is the brutal, appalling , hideous civil war in Spain. The same people butchering the enemy who a few weeks ago were their countrymen, although now they are quite different , evil personified these things, subhuman for some, grotesque
creatures who must be eliminated from the face of the earth both sides believe. A stupendous writer and the book proves it but the sad truth is he left us too soon, still Antoine perished doing what the author loved. An impressive achievement for a pilot or any writer, for this story is a constant joy, the spirit lifts the world.
creatures who must be eliminated from the face of the earth both sides believe. A stupendous writer and the book proves it but the sad truth is he left us too soon, still Antoine perished doing what the author loved. An impressive achievement for a pilot or any writer, for this story is a constant joy, the spirit lifts the world.
January 12, 2025
I have a fantasy book club in my head. . . an eclectic group of readers who meet with me, once a month, and listen on with great zeal and approval, as I suggest our newest "assignments."
For this month's fantasy assignment, I will be asking the bald warlocks, former pole dancers and Hillary Clinton (this is who I tend to think of as the members of this select group) to read the middle section of Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry's memoir, entitled "Prisoner of the Sand."
"Prisoner of the Sand" is a sublime offering. It is, to me, THE takeaway story from this somewhat uneven memoir. In "Prisoner," the reader learns the true story of his harrowing plane crash in an African desert with his mechanic, Pr茅vot (just 9 years before his plane would go down again, forever).
Then, I will ask my little pack of gypsy literati to read or reread Saint-Exup茅ry's classic The Little Prince.
Oh, the tears and laughter our group will share, when we compare dear Antoine's real life plane crash in the desert with the fictional story of THE LITTLE PRINCE that would be published, 8 years later, as a direct result of this life-threatening experience.
Saint-Exup茅ry's writing, in this section, has nary an equal, in all the world.
I'll leave you with this paragraph, what he wrote of the man who found them in the desert and without whom we would never have had THE LITTLE PRINCE:
You, Bedouin of Libya who saved our lives, though you will dwell for ever in my memory yet I shall never be able to capture your features. You are Humanity and your face comes into my mind simply as man incarnate. You, our beloved fellowman, did not know who we might be, and yet you recognized us without fail. And I, in my turn, shall recognize you in the faces of all mankind. You came towards me in an aureole of charity and magnanimity bearing the gift of water. All my friends and all my enemies marched towards me in your person. It did not seem to me that you were rescuing me: rather did it seem that you were forgiving me. And I felt I had no enemy left in the world.
Mon Dieu! I envy anyone who can read this in the original French!
For this month's fantasy assignment, I will be asking the bald warlocks, former pole dancers and Hillary Clinton (this is who I tend to think of as the members of this select group) to read the middle section of Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry's memoir, entitled "Prisoner of the Sand."
"Prisoner of the Sand" is a sublime offering. It is, to me, THE takeaway story from this somewhat uneven memoir. In "Prisoner," the reader learns the true story of his harrowing plane crash in an African desert with his mechanic, Pr茅vot (just 9 years before his plane would go down again, forever).
Then, I will ask my little pack of gypsy literati to read or reread Saint-Exup茅ry's classic The Little Prince.
Oh, the tears and laughter our group will share, when we compare dear Antoine's real life plane crash in the desert with the fictional story of THE LITTLE PRINCE that would be published, 8 years later, as a direct result of this life-threatening experience.
Saint-Exup茅ry's writing, in this section, has nary an equal, in all the world.
I'll leave you with this paragraph, what he wrote of the man who found them in the desert and without whom we would never have had THE LITTLE PRINCE:
You, Bedouin of Libya who saved our lives, though you will dwell for ever in my memory yet I shall never be able to capture your features. You are Humanity and your face comes into my mind simply as man incarnate. You, our beloved fellowman, did not know who we might be, and yet you recognized us without fail. And I, in my turn, shall recognize you in the faces of all mankind. You came towards me in an aureole of charity and magnanimity bearing the gift of water. All my friends and all my enemies marched towards me in your person. It did not seem to me that you were rescuing me: rather did it seem that you were forgiving me. And I felt I had no enemy left in the world.
Mon Dieu! I envy anyone who can read this in the original French!
February 9, 2012
Whenever I am forced to name my most favorite book ever, my automatic response is Antoine de Saint-Exupery鈥檚 The Little Prince. I read it first when I was a boy but I did not understand what was it all about except the hat with an elephant inside and the planet with big trees called baobab. The second time was in college when it was a required reading in World Literature. I did not really like it until my professor explained that the novel was about man鈥檚 search for friendship. I recall that there was no internet at the time and I still had to go to the school library to research more on Saint-Ex鈥檚 life so I can make a better book report. We were not required to read other books (that was great since you know how busy a college student can be) of the same author and there was no Wikipedia yet. So, my knowledge of Saint-Ex stopped with his tale of this little prince.
I re-read it from cover to cover this month as it was voted by the Filipinos here in 欧宝娱乐 for February 2012 group read. It was for this reason, why I read this other popular Antoine de Saint-Exupery鈥檚 book, Wind, Sand and Stars. I wanted to find out more about the man and probably more about The Little Prince.
Since this was originally written in French, its title was Terre des homes that literally means 鈥淟and of Men鈥� when it was published in France in 1939. Later that year, it was published in the US as 鈥淟and of People鈥� But when The Little Prince became a worldwide phenomenon in 1943, the US publishers changed the title to Wind, Sand and Stars maybe to establish its connection between the two books. In the US, this book Wind, Sand and Stars won the National Book Award in 1939 for the Non-Fiction Category. The National Geographic Adventure magazine also memoir as No. 3 in its all-time list of 100 best adventure-exploration books.
For you who loved The Little Prince, read this book. You will see semblances of that book鈥檚 characters and events with what happened to Saint-Ex in this book. There is a scene here where Saint-Ex, the pilot of Aerospostale (airmail carrier) landed in a place full of meteorites. There is his bestfriend Henri Guillaumet (1902-1940) who in June 13, 1930, crashed in another place and though tempted to give up, he persisted while thinking of his wife, No毛lle, (very similar to Saint-Ex thinking of his rose) until June 19 at dawn when he was rescued by a 14-year-old boy named Juan Garc铆a (who should be his inspiration for his Little Prince character). Some critics say that Guillaumet is Little Prince himself or maybe the fox but Saint-Ex dedicated that book to Leon Werth, his other friend who he met in 1931. L茅on Werth (1878-1955) spent the war unobtrusively in Saint-Amour, his village in the Jura, a mountainous region near Switzerland where he "was alone, cold and hungry", and had few nice words on French refugees. Saint-Ex returned to Europe in early 1943, rationalizing, "I cannot bear to be far from those who are hungry... I am leaving in order to suffer and thereby be united with those who are dear to me."
The book is very insightful. He reminded me of Richard Bach who wrote my favorite love story, The Bridge Across Forever. Saint-Ex brilliantly connected love, life, flying and male friendship. I am sure that he inspired Bach who is also a pilot and a novelist.
The only difficulty I had with this book was my zero interest on flying. I am more of a sea or mountain person. Thus, there were parts when I could not stop hum-hum while reading. But overall, since I love The Little Prince, I appreciated to the answers this book provided me. Answers to the questions that I had when I was a little boy for the first time reading about the little prince in the desert up to the time when I re-read it in college and learned that it was about man's search for friendship.
I re-read it from cover to cover this month as it was voted by the Filipinos here in 欧宝娱乐 for February 2012 group read. It was for this reason, why I read this other popular Antoine de Saint-Exupery鈥檚 book, Wind, Sand and Stars. I wanted to find out more about the man and probably more about The Little Prince.
Since this was originally written in French, its title was Terre des homes that literally means 鈥淟and of Men鈥� when it was published in France in 1939. Later that year, it was published in the US as 鈥淟and of People鈥� But when The Little Prince became a worldwide phenomenon in 1943, the US publishers changed the title to Wind, Sand and Stars maybe to establish its connection between the two books. In the US, this book Wind, Sand and Stars won the National Book Award in 1939 for the Non-Fiction Category. The National Geographic Adventure magazine also memoir as No. 3 in its all-time list of 100 best adventure-exploration books.
For you who loved The Little Prince, read this book. You will see semblances of that book鈥檚 characters and events with what happened to Saint-Ex in this book. There is a scene here where Saint-Ex, the pilot of Aerospostale (airmail carrier) landed in a place full of meteorites. There is his bestfriend Henri Guillaumet (1902-1940) who in June 13, 1930, crashed in another place and though tempted to give up, he persisted while thinking of his wife, No毛lle, (very similar to Saint-Ex thinking of his rose) until June 19 at dawn when he was rescued by a 14-year-old boy named Juan Garc铆a (who should be his inspiration for his Little Prince character). Some critics say that Guillaumet is Little Prince himself or maybe the fox but Saint-Ex dedicated that book to Leon Werth, his other friend who he met in 1931. L茅on Werth (1878-1955) spent the war unobtrusively in Saint-Amour, his village in the Jura, a mountainous region near Switzerland where he "was alone, cold and hungry", and had few nice words on French refugees. Saint-Ex returned to Europe in early 1943, rationalizing, "I cannot bear to be far from those who are hungry... I am leaving in order to suffer and thereby be united with those who are dear to me."
The book is very insightful. He reminded me of Richard Bach who wrote my favorite love story, The Bridge Across Forever. Saint-Ex brilliantly connected love, life, flying and male friendship. I am sure that he inspired Bach who is also a pilot and a novelist.
The only difficulty I had with this book was my zero interest on flying. I am more of a sea or mountain person. Thus, there were parts when I could not stop hum-hum while reading. But overall, since I love The Little Prince, I appreciated to the answers this book provided me. Answers to the questions that I had when I was a little boy for the first time reading about the little prince in the desert up to the time when I re-read it in college and learned that it was about man's search for friendship.
April 21, 2018
If I had to choose between The Little Prince and this book, I'd choose this book, because in a way you can use it to derive Saint-Exup茅ry's classic. If The Little Prince is the diamond, this book is the coal: a hard-earned mass of adventure and experience. The book reads like a long letter from your most astonishing friend. Sublime.
January 22, 2015
I know nothing, nothing in the world, equal to the wonder of nightfall in the air. [...] Mermoz said once, 鈥淚t鈥檚 worth it, it鈥檚 worth the final smash-up.鈥�
Flying in 2015 has become about as commonplace and unexciting as taking the subway to work or the train to the weekend lodge. It is safer than driving a car and most of the work, beside take-offs and landings, is done by sophisticated instruments. What we have gained in safety and comfort. We may have lost in our sense of wonder and our perspective. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, poet and pioneer aviator, is probably our best guide back to the miracle of flight, and this present autobiographical novel is I believe the best example of his profound humanism and lyrical prose. Considering some common details about a plane crash in the desert, the eagle-eye view of humans struggling to fill in huge empty spaces on a planet hurtling through a vast emptiness, the common themes of friendship, love, death, peace, Terre des Hommes is closely related to Le Petit Prince, the more famous novella about the boy who looks at earth with innocent and hopeful eyes.
In structure, the novel pays homage to the early days of the Aeropostale, the first French company who opened up new routes of travel from Europe to Sahara, over the Andes in South America, to the Far East and beyond. It shows us the people for whom courage was only a short step away from suicidal madness, throwing themselves with reckless abandon in the middle of the storm without navigation instruments and with weak radio stations to guide them back to ground. I could quote whole pages, but I tried to restrain myself to a couple of the best examples:
Thus, when Mermoz first crossed the South Atlantic in a hydroplane, as day was dying he ran foul of the Black Hole region, off Africa. Straight ahead of him were the tails of tornadoes rising minute by minute gradually higher, rising as a wall is built; and then the night came down upon these preliminaries and swallowed them up; and when, an hour later, he slipped under the clouds, he came out into a fantastic kingdom.
Great black waterspouts had reared themselves seemingly in the immobility of temple pillars. Swollen at their tops, they supported the squat and lowering arch of the tempest, but through the rifts in the arch there fell slabs of light and the full moon sent her radiant beams between the pillars down upon the frozen tiles of the sea. Through these uninhabited ruins Mermoz made his way, gliding slantwise from one channel of light to the next, circling round those giant pillars in which there must have rumbled the upsurge of the sea, flying for four hours through these corridors of moonlight towards the exit from the temple. And this spectacle was so overwhelming that only after he had got through the Black Hole did Mermoz awaken to the fact that he had not been afraid.
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Mermoz and his mechanic had been forced down at an altitude of twelve thousand feet on a table-land at whose edges the mountains dropped sheer on all sides. For two mortal days they hunted a way off this plateau. But they were trapped. Everywhere the same sheer drop. And so they played their last card.
Themselves still in it, they sent the plane rolling and bouncing down an incline over the rocky ground until it reached the precipice, went off into air, and dropped. In falling, the plane picked up enough speed to respond to the controls. Mermoz was able to tilt its nose in the direction of a peak, sweep over the peak and, while the water spurted through all the pipes burst by the night frost, the ship already disabled after only seven minutes of flight, he saw beneath him like a promised land the Chilean plain.
And the next day he was at it again.
When I think of Guillaumet, Mermoz, Saint-Exupery and of their colleagues in the Aeropostale , I have this image of one of our Romanian monuments to the early aviators: their arms spread out and covered with feathers, they went to the sky as naturally as we walk, they fought singlehanded against wind, darkness, cold and tiredness, and they paid dearly for their daring, falling back to ground in flames, like Icarus. In their own words: It was worth it!
Even as the peasant strolling about his domain is able to foresee in a thousand signs the coming of the spring, the threat of frost, a promise of rain, so all that happens in the sky signals to the pilot the oncoming snow, the expectancy of fog, or the peace of a blessed night. The machine which at first blush seems a means of isolating man from the great problems of nature, actually plunges him more deeply into them. As for the peasant so for the pilot, dawn and twilight become events of consequence. His essential problems are set to him by the mountain, the sea, the wind. Alone before the vast tribunal of the tempestuous sky, the pilot defends his mails and debates on terms of equality with those three elemental divinities.
An interesting chapter describes the flying machines they used on their missions, and Saint-Exupery uses the occasion to lash out at those who complain about the modern man鈥檚 dependence on technology. It is not the tool itself that drives us away from nature, but the way we use it. Like the ever-present so-called 鈥榮mart鈥� phones, they are not making us lonely by breaking up our direct contact with our fellow men, their role is actually to make it easier to communicate and get in touch. Airplanes also bring us closer together by reducing the travel times and thus the distances that separate us.
Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of the flickering pictures 鈥� in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together. Do our dreamers hold that the invention of writing, of printing, of the sailing ship, degraded the human spirit?
While acknowledging the dangers of man being made to serve the machine (industry), the poet sees further and deeper, and argues for the spiritual liberation that the conquest of the air brings us:
A man cannot live a decent life in cities, and I need to feel myself live. I am not thinking of aviation. The airplane is a means, not an end. One doesn鈥檛 risk one鈥檚 life for a plane any more than a farmer ploughs for the sake of the plough. But the airplane is a means of getting away from towns and their bookkeeping and coming to grips to reality.
Flying is a man鈥檚 job and its worries are a man鈥檚 worries. A pilot鈥檚 business is with the wind, with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit the forces of nature. He stares in expectancy for the coming of dawn the way a gardener awaits the coming of spring. He looks forward to port as to a promised land, and truth for him is what lives in the stars.
The winds, sand and stars of the title are revealed here as the keepers of the ultimate truth about life and about our place in the universe. An eagle-eye look at our planet from several thousand feet up in the air helps to put life in perspective, showing how insignificant some of our daily worries are, how feeble is our grip on the earth鈥檚 crust, how much a simple drink of water may mean to a man dying of thirst, and how the most important thing we can do is to share the burden with another human being. The main event in the novel is a plane crash in Sahara. The desert, like it did with countless prophets, is one of the best places in the world to bare a soul naked and bring it closer to divinity. It is not surprising that such a powerful revelation will mark the author鈥檚 writing both here and in Le Petit Prince:
When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with outstretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that those depths were sky, having no roof between those depths and me, no branches to screen them, no root to cling to, I was seized with vertigo and felt myself flung forth and plunging downward like a diver.
But I did not fall. From nape to heel I discovered myself bound to earth. I felt a sort of appeasement in surrendering to it my weight. Gravitation had become as sovereign as love. The earth, I felt, was supporting my back, sustaining me, lifting me up, transporting me through the immense void of night. I was glued to our planet by a pressure like that which one is glued to the side of the car on a curve. I leaned with joy against this admirable breast-work, this solidity, this security, feeling against my body this curving bridge of my ship.
From the austere purity of the desert, the poet turns reporter and takes us on a trip to Spain during the civil war, trying to understand the impulses and the failures that drive brother against brother:
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction. There is no comradeship except through union in the same high effort. Even in our age of material well-being this must be so, else how should we explain the happiness we feel in sharing our last crust with others in the desert? [...] What sets us against one another is not our aims 鈥� they all come to the same thing 鈥� but our methods, which are the fruit of our varied reasoning.
With this last quote I move from the English title to the original French one: Terre des hommes. For Saint-Exupery we are all one nation, one people, rich in diversity, but united in spirit, divided by language, religion or politics but brothers in arms before the court of desert and stars. Flight is a tool, not a destination, and the best use we can put it to is to open us up to the beauty of companionship. From his whole career as a pilot, the poet values most the times he shared his passion and his experiences with his comrades, a beautiful word that should not be held hostage to political propaganda:
We told stories, we joked, we sang songs. In the air there was that slight fever that reigns over a gaily prepared feast. And yet we were infinitely poor. Wind, sand, and stars. The austerity of Trappists. But on this badly lighted cloth, a handful of men who possessed nothing in the world but their memories were sharing invisible riches.
We had met at last. Men travel side by side for years, each locked up in his own silence or exchanging those words which carry no freight 鈥� till danger comes. Then they stand shoulder to shoulder. They discover that they belong to the same family. They wax and bloom in the recognition of fellow beings. They look at one another and smile. They are like the prisoner set free who marvels at the immensity of the sea.
Happiness! It is useless to seek it elsewhere than in this warmth of human relations. Our sordid interests imprison us within their walls. Only a comrade can grasp us by the hand and haul us free.
Saint-Exupery died, like many of his comrades he shared a meal with in the desert, doing what he loved best in the world 鈥� flying. Or maybe like his Prince he visited us for a while and then went back to his tiny planet to tend his volcano and his flower. He left behind a message of hope for the future and of trust in our ability to gather together when danger threatens us. I tried here to explain why he is more than a favourite author, he is an old friend that walked beside me and pointed out the beauty of a sunset or of a child鈥檚 smile, the necessity of sharing:
Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.
So life goes on. For years we plant the seed, we feel ourselves rich; and then come other years when time does its work and our plantation is made sparse and thin. One by one, our comrades slip away, deprive us of their shade.
October 2, 2019
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賵 亘賴 乇丕爻鬲蹖 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 噩丕蹖 乇賮蹖賯 诏賲 卮丿賴 乇丕 倬乇 賳禺賵丕賴丿 讴乇丿. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賯丿蹖賲蹖 丿乇爻鬲 讴乇丿. 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 亘丕 丕蹖賳 诏賳噩蹖賳賴鈥屰� 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賲卮鬲乇讴貙 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 乇賳噩鈥屬囏� 賵 賲氐丕卅亘 亘丕 賴賲 趩卮蹖丿賴貙 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 賯賴乇賴丕 賵 丌卮鬲蹖鈥屬囏� 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳鈥屬囏й� 鬲賳丿 賴賲鈥屫迟嗂� 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 丿賵爻鬲蹖鈥屬囏� 鬲讴乇丕乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 讴爻蹖 讴賴 賳賴丕賱 亘賱賵胤蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賲蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屬嗀簇з嗀� 讴賴 亘賴 夭賵丿蹖 丿乇 爻丕蹖賴鈥屫ж� 亘賳卮蹖賳丿貙 禺蹖丕賱蹖 禺丕賲 賲蹖鈥屬矩辟堌必�. 爻蹖乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘丿蹖賳 爻丕賳 丕爻鬲. 丕賵賱 诏賳噩蹖 诏乇丿 丌賵乇丿蹖賲. 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 丿乇禺鬲 賳卮丕賳丿蹖賲. 賵賱蹖 乇賵夭诏丕乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屫必池� 讴賴 夭賲丕賳貙 夭丨賲鬲 賲丕 乇丕 鬲亘丕賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿乇禺鬲丕賳 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж藏�. 乇賮蹖賯丕賳 蹖讴 蹖讴 爻丕蹖賴鈥屰� 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 爻乇 賲丕 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀� 賵 賲丕鬲賲鈥屬囏й� 賲丕 丕夭 丕蹖賳 倬爻 亘丕 鬲兀爻賮 倬賳賴丕賳 倬蹖乇蹖 丿賱 丌夭丕乇 鬲乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�... 诏賳噩 乇丕爻鬲蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 亘蹖卮 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 丌賳 乇賵丕亘胤 倬賳賴丕賳 賲蹖丕賳 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 丕爻鬲. 氐 32 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕蹖賳 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 丨賯蹖乇貙 蹖丕丿 賲乇诏蹖 亘賴 乇丕爻鬲蹖 賲乇丿丕賳賴 丿乇 匕賴賳賲 亘蹖丿丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 賲乇诏 亘丕睾亘丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丨丕賱 丕丨鬲囟丕乇 亘賴 賲賳 賲蹖鈥屭佖�: (賲蹖鈥屫з嗃屫�... 诏丕賴貙 賴賳诏丕賲 亘蹖賱 夭丿賳 毓乇賯 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫�. 丿乇丿 乇賵賲丕鬲蹖爻賲 倬丕蹖賲 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫⒇藏必� 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘乇丿诏蹖 賳丕爻夭丕 賲蹖鈥屭佖�. 丕賲丕 丕賲乇賵夭 丿賱賲 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 亘蹖賱 亘夭賳賲. 鬲賲丕賲 夭賲蹖賳 乇丕 亘乇诏乇丿丕賳賲. 亘蹖賱 夭丿賳 亘賴 趩卮賲賲 趩賴 夭蹖亘丕爻鬲. 丕賳爻丕賳 賴賳诏丕賲 亘蹖賱 夭丿賳 趩賴 丌夭丕丿 丕爻鬲. 賵丕賳诏賴蹖 趩賴 讴爻蹖 丿乇禺鬲鈥屬囏й屬� 乇丕 賴乇爻 禺賵丕賴丿 讴乇丿責)氐 49 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺賵亘蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屬聚屬堎嗀� 賵 诏賱鈥屬囏� 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 亘爻鬲乇 亘丕丿 亘丕 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫①呟屫操嗀� 賵 賯賵 亘丕 賴賲賴鈥屰� 賯賵賴丕 丌卮賳丕爻鬲貙 賮賯胤 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏й屬嗀� 讴賴 丿蹖賵丕乇 丨氐丕乇 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀�. 氐61 讴鬲丕亘
丕蹖賳鈥屬囏� (丕毓乇丕亘 亘丕丿蹖賴 賳卮蹖賳 賲睾乇亘蹖) 讴爻丕賳蹖 亘賵丿賳丿 讴賴 賴乇诏夭 丿乇禺鬲蹖 蹖丕 趩卮賲賴鈥屫й� 蹖丕 诏賱蹖 賳丿蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿 賵 賵氐賮 亘丕睾鈥屬囏� 賵 賳賴乇賴丕蹖 丌亘 乇賵丕賳 乇丕 賮賯胤 丕夭 賯乇丌賳 卮賳蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賳丿. 夭蹖乇丕 丿乇 賯乇丌賳貙 亘賴卮鬲 趩賳蹖賳 賵氐賮 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 亘賴卮鬲 賵 丨賵乇蹖丕賳 丌賳 亘賴 倬丕丿丕卮 賲乇诏 鬲賱禺 丿乇 乇蹖诏夭丕乇貙 亘賴 鬲蹖乇 讴賮丕乇貙 倬爻 丕夭 爻蹖 爻丕賱 賲丨賳鬲貙 亘賴乇賴鈥屰� 丌賳丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 賵賱蹖 禺丿丕 丌賳鈥屬囏� 乇丕 賮乇蹖亘 賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 夭蹖乇丕 丕夭 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖丕賳 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 賳毓賲鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳丕賳 丕乇夭丕賳蹖 賲蹖鈥屫ж必� 賳賴 毓胤卮 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 賵 賳賴 賲乇诏. 氐 96 讴鬲丕亘
鬲噩乇亘賴 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 丌賳 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賴賲 亘賳诏乇蹖賲貙 亘賱讴賴 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 蹖讴 乇丕爻鬲丕 賳诏丕賴 讴賳蹖賲. 氐 201 讴鬲丕亘
April 2, 2017
螒纬伪蟺蠋 萎 渭维位位慰谓 蠈蠂喂, 位伪蟿蟻蔚蠉蠅 蟿慰 危伪喂谓蟿 螘尉蠀蟺蔚蟻蠉.
螡喂蠋胃蠅 位委纬慰 魏慰蠀蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蔚委蠂伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰 蟿慰谓 螠喂魏蟻蠈 螤蟻委纬魏喂蟺伪 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋谓蟿伪蟼 伪谓蠈畏蟿伪 蠈蟿喂 萎蟿伪谓 蠈蟿喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 苇蠂蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁苇蟻蔚喂.
危蟿慰 芦螚 纬畏 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓禄 渭伪蟼 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺喂位慰蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委蔚蟼, 蠈位蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 慰位慰魏位畏蟻蠅蟿喂魏苇蟼, 伪蠂伪谓蔚委蟼 蔚喂魏蠈谓蔚蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蔚魏蔚委 蠄畏位维 渭慰喂维味蔚喂 蟿蟻慰渭伪魏蟿喂魏维 伪蟺苇蟻伪谓蟿慰蟼鈥� 螒蠀蟿苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 渭维纬蔚蠄伪谓, 蟿慰谓 蠅蟻委渭伪蟽伪谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 苇蟺位伪蟽伪谓 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 渭伪纬蔚蠀蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏.
螝伪喂 蟺蠈蟽慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏, 蟽伪纬畏谓蔚蠀蟿喂魏萎 伪蠁畏纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏萎 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委鈥� 螌蟿伪谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋胃蠅 蟿畏谓 伪谓维纬魏畏 谓伪 蟿伪尉喂未苇蠄蠅 谓慰畏蟿维, 胃伪 伪谓慰委纬蠅 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 芦螚 纬畏 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓禄, 胃伪 未喂伪尾维味蠅 渭喂伪 蟺伪蟻维纬蟻伪蠁慰 魏伪喂 胃伪 蠁蔚蠉纬蠅鈥�
芦螝维蟺慰蠀 伪位位慰蠉 委蟽蠅蟼 慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 尾蠀胃慰渭蔚蟿蟻慰蠉蟽伪谓 蟿慰 维蟺蔚喂蟻慰 萎 苇魏伪谓伪谓 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠀蟺慰位慰纬喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼 蟺维谓蠅 蟽蟿慰 谓蔚蠁蔚位慰蔚喂未萎 蟿畏蟼 螒谓未蟻慰渭苇未伪蟼. 螒位位慰蠉 苇魏伪谓伪谓 苇蟻蠅蟿伪. 螝维蟺慰蠀 伪蟺蠈渭蔚蟻伪 蠁苇纬纬伪谓蔚 蟽蟿慰谓 魏维渭蟺慰 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 蠁蠅蟿喂苇蟼 蟽伪谓 谓伪 伪蟺慰味畏蟿慰蠉蟽伪谓 谓伪 尉伪谓伪纬蔚谓谓畏胃慰蠉谓. 螒魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 蠅蟼 蟿鈥� 伪蟺蠈渭蔚蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 尾蟻喂蟽魏蠈蟿伪谓 慰 蟺慰喂畏蟿萎蟼, 慰 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼, 慰 渭伪蟻伪纬魏蠈蟼.
螠伪, 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽鈥� 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 味蠅谓蟿伪谓维 伪蟽蟿苇蟻喂伪, 蟺蠈蟽伪 蟽尾畏蟽渭苇谓伪 蠁蠋蟿伪, 蟺蠈蟽慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 蟺慰蠀 魏慰喂渭蠈谓蟿慰蠀蟽伪谓鈥�
围蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚纬维位畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂蟼 蠈位伪 蟿慰蠉蟿伪 谓伪 蟿伪喂蟻喂维尉慰蠀谓. 螤蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 未慰魏喂渭维蟽蠅 谓伪 蔚蟺喂魏慰喂谓蠅谓萎蟽蠅 渭蔚 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 伪蟺鈥� 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 蠁蠋蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蠁蔚纬纬委味慰蠀谓 伪蟺蠈 渭伪魏蟻喂维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰谓 魏维渭蟺慰.禄
螡喂蠋胃蠅 位委纬慰 魏慰蠀蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蔚委蠂伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 渭蠈谓慰 蟿慰谓 螠喂魏蟻蠈 螤蟻委纬魏喂蟺伪 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋谓蟿伪蟼 伪谓蠈畏蟿伪 蠈蟿喂 萎蟿伪谓 蠈蟿喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻慰 苇蠂蔚喂 谓伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁苇蟻蔚喂.
危蟿慰 芦螚 纬畏 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓禄 渭伪蟼 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺喂位慰蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委蔚蟼, 蠈位蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 慰位慰魏位畏蟻蠅蟿喂魏苇蟼, 伪蠂伪谓蔚委蟼 蔚喂魏蠈谓蔚蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蔚魏蔚委 蠄畏位维 渭慰喂维味蔚喂 蟿蟻慰渭伪魏蟿喂魏维 伪蟺苇蟻伪谓蟿慰蟼鈥� 螒蠀蟿苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 渭维纬蔚蠄伪谓, 蟿慰谓 蠅蟻委渭伪蟽伪谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 苇蟺位伪蟽伪谓 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 渭伪纬蔚蠀蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪位位喂蟿苇蠂谓畏.
螝伪喂 蟺蠈蟽慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏, 蟽伪纬畏谓蔚蠀蟿喂魏萎 伪蠁畏纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏萎 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委鈥� 螌蟿伪谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋胃蠅 蟿畏谓 伪谓维纬魏畏 谓伪 蟿伪尉喂未苇蠄蠅 谓慰畏蟿维, 胃伪 伪谓慰委纬蠅 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 芦螚 纬畏 蟿蠅谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺蠅谓禄, 胃伪 未喂伪尾维味蠅 渭喂伪 蟺伪蟻维纬蟻伪蠁慰 魏伪喂 胃伪 蠁蔚蠉纬蠅鈥�
芦螝维蟺慰蠀 伪位位慰蠉 委蟽蠅蟼 慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 尾蠀胃慰渭蔚蟿蟻慰蠉蟽伪谓 蟿慰 维蟺蔚喂蟻慰 萎 苇魏伪谓伪谓 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠀蟺慰位慰纬喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼 蟺维谓蠅 蟽蟿慰 谓蔚蠁蔚位慰蔚喂未萎 蟿畏蟼 螒谓未蟻慰渭苇未伪蟼. 螒位位慰蠉 苇魏伪谓伪谓 苇蟻蠅蟿伪. 螝维蟺慰蠀 伪蟺蠈渭蔚蟻伪 蠁苇纬纬伪谓蔚 蟽蟿慰谓 魏维渭蟺慰 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 蠁蠅蟿喂苇蟼 蟽伪谓 谓伪 伪蟺慰味畏蟿慰蠉蟽伪谓 谓伪 尉伪谓伪纬蔚谓谓畏胃慰蠉谓. 螒魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 蠅蟼 蟿鈥� 伪蟺蠈渭蔚蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 尾蟻喂蟽魏蠈蟿伪谓 慰 蟺慰喂畏蟿萎蟼, 慰 未维蟽魏伪位慰蟼, 慰 渭伪蟻伪纬魏蠈蟼.
螠伪, 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽鈥� 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 味蠅谓蟿伪谓维 伪蟽蟿苇蟻喂伪, 蟺蠈蟽伪 蟽尾畏蟽渭苇谓伪 蠁蠋蟿伪, 蟺蠈蟽慰喂 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰喂 蟺慰蠀 魏慰喂渭蠈谓蟿慰蠀蟽伪谓鈥�
围蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚纬维位畏 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 纬喂伪 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂蟼 蠈位伪 蟿慰蠉蟿伪 谓伪 蟿伪喂蟻喂维尉慰蠀谓. 螤蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 未慰魏喂渭维蟽蠅 谓伪 蔚蟺喂魏慰喂谓蠅谓萎蟽蠅 渭蔚 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 伪蟺鈥� 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 蠁蠋蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蠁蔚纬纬委味慰蠀谓 伪蟺蠈 渭伪魏蟻喂维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰谓 魏维渭蟺慰.禄
August 25, 2024
One
Day flying
Above the desert
You crash-land behind a
Dune now you are stranded
Without a single drop of water
In sight to quench the thirst which
Like a vice tightens your throat until you
Choke and fires flash in the corners of your
Eyes and for 1,000 miles all around hot desert sand
Just when you think you have reached the very end
You round one last dune and can鈥檛 believe your
Eyes鈥攊s this another mirage or are those
Footprints you see in the sand?鈥攜es
You and your shadow will survive
Never has water tasted so
Sweet never so vital
Life is accorded
One more
Day
February 7, 2019
I purchased this book from the Folio Society on 8 January 1993 (I have this rather annoying habit of stating in my books when and where I purchased them. Just a quirk that I have.)
I was a member of this book club and just liked the look of the cover and in my stupidity I thought that it would just be about the desert (that I love),the wind and stars. I had no idea that this French aristrocrat, writer, poet and author of the "Le Petit Prince" was a pilot.
I must confess that initially I thought it all rather difficult to absorb but I was determined to enjoy this book and I did indeed. What an incredible individual and a true adventurer. I was inspired by it all and to think that he died in the forties. Such a shame. I hope that there is indeed an afterlife because this gentleman truly deserves it. Plus he has given great pleasure to a minor individual like me and for that I applaud him.
Mr. Saint-Exup茅ry has a place in history which is richly desrved and I just recommend book this to everyone and to all ages.
I was a member of this book club and just liked the look of the cover and in my stupidity I thought that it would just be about the desert (that I love),the wind and stars. I had no idea that this French aristrocrat, writer, poet and author of the "Le Petit Prince" was a pilot.
I must confess that initially I thought it all rather difficult to absorb but I was determined to enjoy this book and I did indeed. What an incredible individual and a true adventurer. I was inspired by it all and to think that he died in the forties. Such a shame. I hope that there is indeed an afterlife because this gentleman truly deserves it. Plus he has given great pleasure to a minor individual like me and for that I applaud him.
Mr. Saint-Exup茅ry has a place in history which is richly desrved and I just recommend book this to everyone and to all ages.
August 18, 2023
賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕賶 丕夭 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴丕 賵禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賴賵丕賳賵乇丿賶 賵 賲丕賲賵乇賷鬲 賴丕賶 丌賳鬲賵丕賳 丿賵爻賳鬲 丕诏夭賵倬乇賶 禺賱亘丕賳 賵 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 亘夭乇诏 賮乇丕賳爻賵賶 賰賴 丿乇 丕賷賳 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賵賷丕丿丕卮鬲 賴丕 亘丕 賳诏丕賴 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵 亘賷賳卮 禺丕氐 丕賵 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賵夭賳丿诏賶 賴賲趩賵賳 丕孬乇 亘乇夭诏 禺賵丿 "卮丕夭丿賴 賰賵趩賵賱賵" 賴賲乇丕賴 賲賶 卮賵賷賲. 亘賷賳卮賶 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵毓賲賷賯 賰賴 诏賵賷丕 亘乇诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 卮睾賱 賵丨乇賮賴貙毓卮賯 賵卮賵賯 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 亘賴 倬乇賵丕夭 丕爻鬲 賵賳诏丕賴賶 賰賴 丕夭 亘丕賱丕賶 丕亘乇賴丕 賵丌爻賲丕賳丕賳 亘賴 賲爻丕卅賱 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 夭賳丿诏賶 賵丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 亘乇 乇賵賶 夭賲賷賳 丿丕乇丿.丌賳噩丕 賰賴 丿乇賴 賴丕 賵丿乇賷丕 賵丿卮鬲 賴丕 乇丕 诏丕賴賶 賲兀賲賳賶 丕賲賳 亘乇丕賶 禺賱亘丕賳 賵賴賵丕倬賷賲丕 賲賶 丿丕賳丿 賵诏丕賴賶 丿丕賲賶 賰賴 氐賷丿 賵卮賰丕乇 乇丕 亘賴 賰丕賲 禺賵丿 賮乇賵 賲賶 亘乇丿.丿乇 丕賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 亘丕 賳賯賱 禺丕胤乇丕鬲賶 噩匕丕亘 賵賳賮爻诏賷乇 賴賲趩賵賳 賷賰 乇賲丕賳 噩匕丕亘 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 禺賵丿 亘賴 丿賱 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 賵賱丨馗賴 賴丕 賳賮爻 诏賷乇 丨賷丕鬲 禺賵丿 丿毓賵鬲 賲賶 賰賳丿 賵 爻毓賶 丿丕乇丿 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賰鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘賴 賳诏丕賴賶 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘賴 夭賳丿诏賶 貙丨賷丕鬲 賵賲乇诏 賵丕 丿丕乇丿 賵 丕乇夭卮 丕賳爻丕賳賶 賵诏賵賴乇 賵噩賵丿賶 丿乇 丿乇賵賳 丌丿賲 賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳丕賳 亘卮賳丕爻丕賳丿 賵 賲賶 賰賵卮丿 丌賳丕賳 乇丕 亘乇丕賶 夭賳丿诏賶 賰乇丿賳 賵 鬲爻賱賷賲 賳卮丿賳 丿乇 亘夭賳诏丕賴 賴丕 賵 丿乇賰 賲毓賳丕賶 賵丕賯毓賶 夭賳丿诏賶 賴賲趩賵賳 賲鬲賳 夭賷乇 賰賴 丕夭賰鬲丕亘 丕爻鬲 鬲卮賵賷賯 賳賲丕賷丿貨
{亘毓囟賶 趩賳賷賳 賲乇丿賲丕賳賶 乇丕 亘丕 诏丕賵亘丕夭丕賳 賷丕 賯賲丕乇 亘丕夭丕賳 丿乇 賷賰 卮賲丕乇 賲賶 丌賵乇賳丿 賵禺賵丕乇 卮賲乇丿賳 賲乇诏 乇丕 丿乇 丕賷賳 诏乇賵賴 賲賶 爻鬲丕賷賳丿.賵賱賶 賲賳 丕賳丿賰 诏乇賮鬲賳 賲乇诏 乇丕 賰丕乇賶 禺胤賷乇 賳賲賶 丿丕賳賲.丕诏乇 鬲丨賯賷乇 賲乇诏 丕夭 賲爻丐賵賱賷鬲賶 倬匕賷乇賮鬲賴 乇賷卮賴 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙噩夭 賳卮丕賳 丨賯丕乇鬲 賷丕 亘爻賷丕乇賶賽 噩賵丕賳賶 賳賷爻鬲. 噩賵丕賳賶 乇丕 賲賶 卮賳丕禺鬲賲 賰賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 賰卮鬲.賳賲賶 丿丕賳賲 睾賲 毓卮賯賶 亘賶 賲賯丿丕乇 丕賵 乇丕 亘乇 丌賳 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賰賴 诏賱賵賱賴 丕賶 丿乇 丿賱 禺賵賷卮 噩丕賶 丿賴丿 賷丕 亘賴 賵爻賵爻賴 丕賶 丕丿亘賶 鬲爻賱賷賲 卮丿賴 賵 亘賴 丕賳鬲丨丕乇賶 禺賵丿賳賲丕賷丕賳賴 丿爻鬲 夭丿賴 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 亘賴 賷丕丿 丿丕乇賲 賰賴 丿乇 丕賷賳 噩賱賵賴 賮乇賵卮賶 睾賲 丕賳诏賷夭 賳賴 卮乇賮 亘賱賰賴 賳賰亘鬲 賷丕賮鬲賲.丿乇 倬卮鬲 丕賷賳 趩賴乇賴 丿賱倬匕賷乇貙賵 夭賷乇 丕賷賳 噩賲噩賲賴 丕賳爻丕賳賶 賴賷趩 賳亘賵丿貙賲诏乇 鬲氐賵賷乇 丿禺鬲乇賰賶 爻亘賰爻乇 賵賳馗賷乇 亘爻賷丕乇賶 丿賷诏乇.}
{亘毓囟賶 趩賳賷賳 賲乇丿賲丕賳賶 乇丕 亘丕 诏丕賵亘丕夭丕賳 賷丕 賯賲丕乇 亘丕夭丕賳 丿乇 賷賰 卮賲丕乇 賲賶 丌賵乇賳丿 賵禺賵丕乇 卮賲乇丿賳 賲乇诏 乇丕 丿乇 丕賷賳 诏乇賵賴 賲賶 爻鬲丕賷賳丿.賵賱賶 賲賳 丕賳丿賰 诏乇賮鬲賳 賲乇诏 乇丕 賰丕乇賶 禺胤賷乇 賳賲賶 丿丕賳賲.丕诏乇 鬲丨賯賷乇 賲乇诏 丕夭 賲爻丐賵賱賷鬲賶 倬匕賷乇賮鬲賴 乇賷卮賴 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙噩夭 賳卮丕賳 丨賯丕乇鬲 賷丕 亘爻賷丕乇賶賽 噩賵丕賳賶 賳賷爻鬲. 噩賵丕賳賶 乇丕 賲賶 卮賳丕禺鬲賲 賰賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 賰卮鬲.賳賲賶 丿丕賳賲 睾賲 毓卮賯賶 亘賶 賲賯丿丕乇 丕賵 乇丕 亘乇 丌賳 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賰賴 诏賱賵賱賴 丕賶 丿乇 丿賱 禺賵賷卮 噩丕賶 丿賴丿 賷丕 亘賴 賵爻賵爻賴 丕賶 丕丿亘賶 鬲爻賱賷賲 卮丿賴 賵 亘賴 丕賳鬲丨丕乇賶 禺賵丿賳賲丕賷丕賳賴 丿爻鬲 夭丿賴 亘賵丿 丕賲丕 亘賴 賷丕丿 丿丕乇賲 賰賴 丿乇 丕賷賳 噩賱賵賴 賮乇賵卮賶 睾賲 丕賳诏賷夭 賳賴 卮乇賮 亘賱賰賴 賳賰亘鬲 賷丕賮鬲賲.丿乇 倬卮鬲 丕賷賳 趩賴乇賴 丿賱倬匕賷乇貙賵 夭賷乇 丕賷賳 噩賲噩賲賴 丕賳爻丕賳賶 賴賷趩 賳亘賵丿貙賲诏乇 鬲氐賵賷乇 丿禺鬲乇賰賶 爻亘賰爻乇 賵賳馗賷乇 亘爻賷丕乇賶 丿賷诏乇.}
December 26, 2017
Transcendant, beautiful, embracing. When I read three books in a row where this book featured prominently (The Goldfinch was one) I felt the book calling to me. For me, it was not the type of book that I could sit down and read in one go. I wanted to mull and linger on the words, and to embrace St Exupery's words demands a kind of internal honesty and emotionality from the reader that can be freeing but also emotionally exhausting. I think that is why I put it down so often. I mean, I started this book August 2014, and finished August 2016- how is that for timing? Still, an excellent book, and one I would suggest to anyone that likes a good adventure memoir or wants to question the human condition or spirit.
What a man. What a life. What a soul.
What a man. What a life. What a soul.
March 29, 2016
This book is in many ways a wonderful background book for The Little Prince. The non-fiction stories of the author's adventures as a pilot allowed me to see the man behind one of my all time favorite books. The Little Prince is one of those books where you can sense the soul of the author and Saint-Exup茅ry's non-fiction books, like this one, let you see that your initial intuition while reading The Little Prince was correct. This is a very un-sentimental look at courage and at the urge we all have to transcend what Saint-Exup茅ry calls "the bureaucracy" of our lives. Saint-Exup茅ry responds to this universal need by delivering mail in the frail two-person air machines of the 1930's over routes that take him through deserts and alps and oceans. Although this book was written after The Little Prince, the events of the book happened before Saint-Exup茅ry wrote his timeless "children's" book so it is possible to see in some of his adventures the seeds of that great book. I smiled when he talked about seeing a desert fox when he was stranded on top of a sand dune and I understood what he meant when he talked about the stars that reveal themselves only to those who are brave enough to walk into the darkness of solitude. But what will stay with me forever is the hope and love for life that Saint-Exup茅ry managed to find within himself in order to keep going and keep living and keep walking when all seemed lost and death by sunstroke and dehydration seemed imminent. I understood then how the author could write a book of simple beauty and wisdom like The Little Prince.
November 25, 2012
丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱毓馗賷賲丞 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲爻賰 亘賷丿賷賰 賰鬲丕亘丕 兀丨亘亘鬲賴 賵毓卮鬲 賲毓賴 賱丨馗丕鬲 爻毓賷丿丞 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 鬲丨夭賳 賱賮乇丕賯賴 賴賵 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賾爻賾賰 亘賯賵丞 .. 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賱賾賯 亘賰 廿賱賶 兀毓賱賶 爻賲丕亍 賲賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲胤丕賱賴丕 .. 賱胤丕賱賲丕 賰丕賳 丕賱丨賱賲 亘兀噩賳丨丞 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賮毓賱賴 兀賰夭賵亘賷乇賷 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 丕賱噩賲賷賱 氐丕丨亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丕賱兀賲賷乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇 丕賱匕賷 毓賲賱 賱賮鬲乇丞 胤賵賷賱丞 賮賷 鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱胤丕卅乇丕鬲 賮丕賲鬲賴賳 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 賴賵 賵乇賮丕賯賴 丕賱胤賷丕乇賷賳 賰賲丕 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 賵賴丕 賴賵 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀噩賳丨丞 丕賱胤賷丕乇丞 賱賳爻丕賮乇 賲毓賴 亘毓賷丿丕 ..
賷賳馗乇 賲賳 兀毓賱賶 丕賱丨賱賲 賱賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘丿賵 賰丕賱賳賯胤丞 賵鬲氐亘丨 賮賷 丕賱兀毓賱賶 賱賴丕 賲毓丕賳賷 兀禺乇賶 賱丕 賷丿乇賰賴丕 賲賳 鬲賱賲爻 乇噩賱賷賴 丕賱兀乇囟 ..
賯乇兀鬲 賲乇丞 賲賯丕賱丕 賮賷 賲噩賱丞 丿亘賷 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷丞 賰丕賳 賮賷賴 兀賰夭賵亘賷乇賷 賷丨賰賷 毓賳 賰賷賮 賲賲賰賳 兀賳 賷鬲賳賮爻 丕賱睾乇賯 鬲丨鬲 丕賱賲丕亍 兀毓賳賷 賷鬲賳賮爻 丕賱賲丕亍 賵賴賵 賷爻賯胤 賮賷 丕賱賲丕亍 賵賰賷賮 賷噩亘 兀賳 賷賮鬲丨 乇卅鬲賷賴 賱賴 丕毓鬲亘乇賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇賷賳 賳亘賵亍丞 賱賲賵鬲賴 丕賱匕賷 噩丕亍 廿孬乇 爻賯賵胤 胤丕卅乇鬲賴 亘毓丿 兀賳 囟乇亘鬲賴丕 胤丕卅乇丞 兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 賵賴賵 賮賷 賲賴賲丞 廿爻鬲胤賱丕毓賷丞 丨爻亘 丕賱賲賯丕賱 賱賷爻賯胤 賮賷 丕賱賲丕亍 賵賷賲賵鬲 賰賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賳亘賵亍丞 .. 丨賷賳 鬲賯乇兀 兀乇囟 丕賱亘卮乇 爻鬲毓乇賮 爻乇賾 賴匕丕 丕賱毓卮賯 丕賱賰亘賷乇 賱賱賲丕亍 .. 賮賲賳 賴賵 兀賰孬乇 賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賲毓乇賮丞 賲丕匕丕 賷毓賳賷 丕賱賲丕亍 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 鬲丕卅賴 賮賷 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 爻賯胤 兀賰夭賵亘賷乇賷 賵賴賵 賲鬲噩賴 賱亘賳睾丕夭賷 賮賷 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 賲毓 氐丿賷賯 賱賴 賵丨賷孬 廿賳賴 賳噩丕 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱爻賯賵胤 賱賰賳賴 賱賲 賷賳噩賵 賲賳 丕賱爻乇丕亘 賵丕賱毓胤卮 賵丕賱囟賷丕毓 賮賷 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 .. 廿賲卮賷 賰賲丕 賯丕賱 睾賷賵賲賴 賵賴賰匕丕 亘丿兀 賷賲卮賶 賷噩乇賴 丕賱爻乇丕亘 賮賷 賲鬲丕賴丕鬲 毓馗賷賲丞 丕賱噩賮丕賮 賷噩乇丨 卮賮鬲賷賴 賵 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷毓乇賮 廿賱賶 兀賷賳 賷賲囟賷 ..
廿賳 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 兀賰夭賵亘賷乇賷 賵賴賵 賷毓丕賳賷 丕賱毓胤卮 賵丕賱噩賮丕賮 賮賷 氐丨乇丕亍 禺丕賳賯丞 亘廿賲鬲丿丕丿賴丕 丕賱卮丕爻毓 賱丕 丨丿賵丿 賱賴丕 賱賴賵 賲賵鬲 丌禺乇 .. 賮賰賷賮 賱賴 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 兀賳 賱丕 賷鬲賲賳賶
丕賱賲賵鬲 賮賷 丕賱賲丕亍 ..
噩丕亍 丕賱爻乇丿 卮丕毓乇賷丕 睾賳丕卅賷丕 賮賱爻賮賷丕 賵乇賵丨丕賳賷丕
賰賱賲丕鬲賴 賰兀丨賱丕賲 丕賱毓氐丕賮賷乇 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇丞 賵賴賵 賷乇爻賱 鬲丨丕賷丕賴
賱賱乇賷丕丨 賱賱乇賲丕賱 賱賱賳噩賵賲 賱賱噩亘丕賱 賱兀氐丿賯丕亍賴 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇賷賳
賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱賷丕賱賷 丕賱囟亘丕亘賷丞
賱賰賲 兀丨亘亘鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘
賲賱丕丨馗丞 .. 爻賯胤鬲 賳噩賲丞 亘爻亘亘 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賲乇鬲亘賰丞 鬲賴亘胤 賵鬲毓賱賵 丨賷賳丕
賵賱匕賱賰 兀賳氐丨 亘賳爻禺丞 丿丕乇 丕賱賲丿賶
May 7, 2015
The steadily growing stream of birth and marriage announcements on my Facebook feed has led me to rethink these 鈥渟teps鈥� that most people take each passing year. I used to think (and still sometimes do when I鈥檓 feeling unsure or cynical) that this seemingly prewritten way of living, of societal norms pushing us forward, was depressing evidence for a lack of creativity. But lately I see these steps not as predetermined chains on a pair of manacles we never knew we were wearing, but as a climb up a mountain or a neverending game of 鈥淚 dare you.鈥� I dare you to try more, to do something different, to remember or to learn how best to live.
We only have one first. A first time riding in a plane, a first time seeing the ocean, a first time eating an orange, a first time falling in love. It happens and it finishes in the same moment. A simultaneous life and death that will slowly kill us if we don鈥檛 realize it.
Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry wants us to realize it. To do so he shares exquisite moments where he realized it during his career as an A茅ropostale pilot in Northern Africa and South America. He鈥檚 lying atop a pebbled ledge in the Sahara Desert and finds a meteorite and knows he鈥檚 the only soul who has ever seen this rock. It鈥檚 a first, but one that he wants us to savor. He鈥檚 in the desert in Libya, three days without water, and he sees fantastic mirages鈥攖hey are false, but they are something new only once, and he wants us to appreciate that.
What he wants is neither that new nor that radical. By recounting his memories he wants to inspire us to unlock our hands from our keyboards, to put our wallets back in our pockets, to unleash the shopkeepers from their shops, to look in a mirror, to look at each other, and to recognize something.
In English this humanist adventure tale is titled Wind, Sand, and Stars, evocative but lacking. The French title, Terre des hommes, or Land of Men, is better. There is no wind, there is no sand, there are no stars, if we are not there to observe them, or even more, to appreciate them. Life is a battle to stay awake. And according to Saint-Exup茅ry, it doesn鈥檛 have to be much of a battle if we just look around every once and a while. Whether we鈥檙e flying across the Andes in a snowstorm straining to find the light of a house and human soul below or whether we simply open our eyes while walking down the street, we can win the battle. Being awake will no longer mean adhering to a game of 鈥淚 dare you,鈥� a set of steps leading to more, more, more to stop us from getting bored. Everyday can have a first, every person can be awake, if we remember every single moment that we鈥檙e alive on this sphere in the universe.
We only have one first. A first time riding in a plane, a first time seeing the ocean, a first time eating an orange, a first time falling in love. It happens and it finishes in the same moment. A simultaneous life and death that will slowly kill us if we don鈥檛 realize it.
Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry wants us to realize it. To do so he shares exquisite moments where he realized it during his career as an A茅ropostale pilot in Northern Africa and South America. He鈥檚 lying atop a pebbled ledge in the Sahara Desert and finds a meteorite and knows he鈥檚 the only soul who has ever seen this rock. It鈥檚 a first, but one that he wants us to savor. He鈥檚 in the desert in Libya, three days without water, and he sees fantastic mirages鈥攖hey are false, but they are something new only once, and he wants us to appreciate that.
What he wants is neither that new nor that radical. By recounting his memories he wants to inspire us to unlock our hands from our keyboards, to put our wallets back in our pockets, to unleash the shopkeepers from their shops, to look in a mirror, to look at each other, and to recognize something.
In English this humanist adventure tale is titled Wind, Sand, and Stars, evocative but lacking. The French title, Terre des hommes, or Land of Men, is better. There is no wind, there is no sand, there are no stars, if we are not there to observe them, or even more, to appreciate them. Life is a battle to stay awake. And according to Saint-Exup茅ry, it doesn鈥檛 have to be much of a battle if we just look around every once and a while. Whether we鈥檙e flying across the Andes in a snowstorm straining to find the light of a house and human soul below or whether we simply open our eyes while walking down the street, we can win the battle. Being awake will no longer mean adhering to a game of 鈥淚 dare you,鈥� a set of steps leading to more, more, more to stop us from getting bored. Everyday can have a first, every person can be awake, if we remember every single moment that we鈥檙e alive on this sphere in the universe.
May 13, 2021
卮丕賴讴丕乇 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 丕夭 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖 馃憣馃憣馃憣
丨爻 賲蹖讴賳蹖 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 賯氐賴 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 亘乇丕鬲 丿丕乇賴 馃榿
趩賯丿乇 賮氐賱 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕卮 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲
賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 賴乇丕夭诏丕賴蹖 亘丕夭 亘乇賲 爻乇丕睾 讴鬲丕亘 賵 亘禺賵賳賲卮
丨爻 賲蹖讴賳蹖 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 賯氐賴 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 亘乇丕鬲 丿丕乇賴 馃榿
趩賯丿乇 賮氐賱 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕卮 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲
賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 賴乇丕夭诏丕賴蹖 亘丕夭 亘乇賲 爻乇丕睾 讴鬲丕亘 賵 亘禺賵賳賲卮
April 19, 2015
This short memoir for me was a wonderful adventure in flying and parallel inward journey by the author. That puts this book on an honored shelf with Mathiessen鈥檚 鈥淭he Snow Leopard鈥�. St. Expery鈥檚 experiences in the 20鈥檚 with the French airmail service to North Africa and South America had comparable mind altering impacts and serious humbling in the face of nature鈥檚 powers. But instead of a serious quest and a single journey, we get a more open-ended set of stories bound to his flying career and pathways of development for the author鈥檚 core values and sources of hope for the human race.
I delayed writing this review for half a year since reading it. It is the kind of delicious book where you want to mark passages on almost every page, so it was hard to pin down the real take-home messages worth sharing. With some perspective now, I can boil my pleasures down. It makes you feel connected to the universe. And part of a human community also struggling to comprehend and come to terms with its mysteries and epiphanies, treacheries and cruel destructions.
The mysteries that flying opens his mind to come immediately with its ticket to a leap into different perspectives. How small all our human constructions appear from the air. How quickly you can be in a different world among the clouds get lost among dangerous mountains, vast deserts, or the endless sea. We get to share in the joys and fears of his first flights. The experience of unboundedness is balanced by strange connections with the plane, the technological wonder his life depends on. He is grounded as well with the camaraderie of his team, including the mechanic and radio man he usually shared his flights with and the fellow pilots he bonded with between flights. These connections rise to special prominence when he or others get in storms, fall out of radio communications, or get stranded after being forced into an emergency landing after equipment failure or fuel shortage.
Here is a sample passage that contrasts the mild disorientations of a routine flight with the more potent impact of others:
So the crew fly on with no thought that they are in motion. Light night over the sea, they are very far from the earth, from towns, from trees. The motors fill the lighted chamber with a silver that changes its substance. The clock ticks on. The dials, the radio lamps, the various ands and needles go through their invisible alchemy. From second to second these mysterious stirrings, a few muffled words, a concentrated tenseness, contribute to the end result. And when the hour is at hand the pilot may glue his forehead to the window with perfect assurance. Out of oblivion the gold has been smelted: there it gleams in the lights of the airport.
And yet we have all known flights when of a sudden, each for himself, it has seemed to us that we have crossed the border of the world of reality; when, only a couple of hours from port, we have felt ourselves more distant from it than we should feel if we were in India; when there has come premonition of an incursion into a forbidden world whence it was going to be infinitely difficult to return. 鈥�
And with that we knew ourselves to be lost in interplanetary space among a thousand inaccessible planets, we who sought only the one veritable planet, our own, that planet on which alone we should find our familiar countryside, the houses of our friends, our treasures.
Here the author captures so powerfully some of his altered states of consciousness while stranded in the Sahara at night:
Once, in this same mineral Sahara, I was taught that a dream might partake of the miraculous. 鈥�
When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with outstretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that those depths were sky, having no roof between those depths and me, no branches to screen them, no root to cling to, I was seized by vertigo and felt myself as if flung forth and plunging downriver like a diver.
But I did not fall. From nape to heel I discovered myself bound to earth. I felt a sort of appeasement in surrendering to my weight. Gravitation had become as sovereign as love. The immense void of night. I was glued to our planet by a pressure like that which one is glued to the side of a car on a curve. I leaned with joy against this admirable best-work, this solidity, this security, feeling against my body this curving bridge of my ship.鈥�
I lay there pondering my situation, lost in the desert and in danger, naked between sky and sand, withdrawn by too much silence from the poles of my life. I knew that I should wear out days and weeks returning to them if I were not sighted by some plane, or if next day the Moors did not find and murder me. Here I possessed nothing in the world. I was no more than a mortal strayed between sand and stars, conscious of the single blessing of breathing. And yet I discovered myself filled with dreams.
Where it comes to trips to South America, there is a sense of real pioneering. Crossing a mountain range like the Andes without radar or a pressurized cabin was quite a challenge they routinely faced. He shares the story of a close friend who miraculously walked out of the mountains after a winter crash. When St. Exupery first visits the most southernmost town in the Chilean Patagonia, struggles hard to feel a connection with ordinary people:
I landed in the peace of the evening. Punta Arenas! I leaned against a fountain and looked at the girls in the square. Standing there within a couple of feet of their grace. I felt more poignantly than ever the human mystery.
In a world in which life so perfectly responds to life, where flowers mingle with flowers in the wind鈥檚 eye, where the swan is the familiar of all swans, man alone builds his isolation. What a space between men their spiritual natures create! A girl鈥檚 reverie isolates her from me, and how shall I enter into it? What can one know of a girl who passes, walking with slow steps homeward, eyes lowered, smiling to herself, filled with adorable inventions and with fables? Out of the thoughts, the voice, the silences of a lover, she can form an empire, and thereafter sees in all the world but him a people of barbarians. More surely than if she were on another planet, I feel her to be locked up in her language, in her secret, in her habits, in the singing echoes of her memory. Born yesterday of the volcanoes, of greenswards, of brine of the sea, she walks here already half divine.
鈥 know nothing. I do not enter into their empires. Man in the presence of man is as solitary as in the face of a wide winter sky in which there sweeps, never to be tamed, a flight of trumpeting geese.
This book was a small wonder for me, and I expect it would be so for many of my friends. It reminds me of the line from Leonard Cohen: 鈥淲e are so small between the stars so large against the sky鈥�. In a couple of sittings, you can be transported and return to earth a better person. I found a free copy on the internet, but I can鈥檛 share it because I don鈥檛 know if it is an illegal version.
I delayed writing this review for half a year since reading it. It is the kind of delicious book where you want to mark passages on almost every page, so it was hard to pin down the real take-home messages worth sharing. With some perspective now, I can boil my pleasures down. It makes you feel connected to the universe. And part of a human community also struggling to comprehend and come to terms with its mysteries and epiphanies, treacheries and cruel destructions.
The mysteries that flying opens his mind to come immediately with its ticket to a leap into different perspectives. How small all our human constructions appear from the air. How quickly you can be in a different world among the clouds get lost among dangerous mountains, vast deserts, or the endless sea. We get to share in the joys and fears of his first flights. The experience of unboundedness is balanced by strange connections with the plane, the technological wonder his life depends on. He is grounded as well with the camaraderie of his team, including the mechanic and radio man he usually shared his flights with and the fellow pilots he bonded with between flights. These connections rise to special prominence when he or others get in storms, fall out of radio communications, or get stranded after being forced into an emergency landing after equipment failure or fuel shortage.
Here is a sample passage that contrasts the mild disorientations of a routine flight with the more potent impact of others:
So the crew fly on with no thought that they are in motion. Light night over the sea, they are very far from the earth, from towns, from trees. The motors fill the lighted chamber with a silver that changes its substance. The clock ticks on. The dials, the radio lamps, the various ands and needles go through their invisible alchemy. From second to second these mysterious stirrings, a few muffled words, a concentrated tenseness, contribute to the end result. And when the hour is at hand the pilot may glue his forehead to the window with perfect assurance. Out of oblivion the gold has been smelted: there it gleams in the lights of the airport.
And yet we have all known flights when of a sudden, each for himself, it has seemed to us that we have crossed the border of the world of reality; when, only a couple of hours from port, we have felt ourselves more distant from it than we should feel if we were in India; when there has come premonition of an incursion into a forbidden world whence it was going to be infinitely difficult to return. 鈥�
And with that we knew ourselves to be lost in interplanetary space among a thousand inaccessible planets, we who sought only the one veritable planet, our own, that planet on which alone we should find our familiar countryside, the houses of our friends, our treasures.
Here the author captures so powerfully some of his altered states of consciousness while stranded in the Sahara at night:
Once, in this same mineral Sahara, I was taught that a dream might partake of the miraculous. 鈥�
When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with outstretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that those depths were sky, having no roof between those depths and me, no branches to screen them, no root to cling to, I was seized by vertigo and felt myself as if flung forth and plunging downriver like a diver.
But I did not fall. From nape to heel I discovered myself bound to earth. I felt a sort of appeasement in surrendering to my weight. Gravitation had become as sovereign as love. The immense void of night. I was glued to our planet by a pressure like that which one is glued to the side of a car on a curve. I leaned with joy against this admirable best-work, this solidity, this security, feeling against my body this curving bridge of my ship.鈥�
I lay there pondering my situation, lost in the desert and in danger, naked between sky and sand, withdrawn by too much silence from the poles of my life. I knew that I should wear out days and weeks returning to them if I were not sighted by some plane, or if next day the Moors did not find and murder me. Here I possessed nothing in the world. I was no more than a mortal strayed between sand and stars, conscious of the single blessing of breathing. And yet I discovered myself filled with dreams.
Where it comes to trips to South America, there is a sense of real pioneering. Crossing a mountain range like the Andes without radar or a pressurized cabin was quite a challenge they routinely faced. He shares the story of a close friend who miraculously walked out of the mountains after a winter crash. When St. Exupery first visits the most southernmost town in the Chilean Patagonia, struggles hard to feel a connection with ordinary people:
I landed in the peace of the evening. Punta Arenas! I leaned against a fountain and looked at the girls in the square. Standing there within a couple of feet of their grace. I felt more poignantly than ever the human mystery.
In a world in which life so perfectly responds to life, where flowers mingle with flowers in the wind鈥檚 eye, where the swan is the familiar of all swans, man alone builds his isolation. What a space between men their spiritual natures create! A girl鈥檚 reverie isolates her from me, and how shall I enter into it? What can one know of a girl who passes, walking with slow steps homeward, eyes lowered, smiling to herself, filled with adorable inventions and with fables? Out of the thoughts, the voice, the silences of a lover, she can form an empire, and thereafter sees in all the world but him a people of barbarians. More surely than if she were on another planet, I feel her to be locked up in her language, in her secret, in her habits, in the singing echoes of her memory. Born yesterday of the volcanoes, of greenswards, of brine of the sea, she walks here already half divine.
鈥 know nothing. I do not enter into their empires. Man in the presence of man is as solitary as in the face of a wide winter sky in which there sweeps, never to be tamed, a flight of trumpeting geese.
This book was a small wonder for me, and I expect it would be so for many of my friends. It reminds me of the line from Leonard Cohen: 鈥淲e are so small between the stars so large against the sky鈥�. In a couple of sittings, you can be transported and return to earth a better person. I found a free copy on the internet, but I can鈥檛 share it because I don鈥檛 know if it is an illegal version.
January 2, 2024
讴鬲丕亘 丨丕賵蹖 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕夭 賲丕賲賵乇蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 賴賵丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 卮乇丨 丨賵丕丿孬蹖 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿 讴賴 賵蹖 胤蹖 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 禺丿賲鬲 亘丕 丌賳鈥屬囏� 乇賵亘乇賵 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴 亘丕乇賴丕 丕夭 賲乇诏 亘诏乇蹖夭丿 賵 趩诏賵賳賴 亘丕 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賵 賴賲賯胤丕乇丕賳卮 胤蹖 丕蹖賳 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 賲乇丕賵丿賴 賵 诏賮鬲诏賵 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 蹖讴 賳讴鬲賴 噩丕賱亘 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳賲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賲 讴賴 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖 禺賱亘丕賳 亘賵丿賴 賵 鬲賳賴丕 丕胤賱丕毓 賲賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲丨丿賵丿 亘賴 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 亘賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿乇 丕孬乇 蹖讴 丨丕丿孬賴 賳丕賲毓賱賵賲 賴賵丕蹖蹖 噩丕賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿. 讴鬲丕亘 賲賲賱賵 丕夭 噩賲賱丕鬲 鬲丕賲賱 亘乇丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丨丕氐賱 鬲噩丕乇亘 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 胤蹖 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 禺丿賲鬲卮 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賳賵毓蹖 賲賳毓讴爻 讴賳賳丿賴 賳诏丕賴 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖貙 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏ж� 夭賲蹖賳 賵 ... 丕爻鬲. 鬲乇噩賲賴 爻乇賵卮 丨亘蹖亘蹖 乇賵丕賳 賵 禺賵丕賳丿賳蹖 亘賵丿. 丿乇 讴賱 讴鬲丕亘蹖 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 賲賳 乇丕 禺蹖賱蹖 賲鬲丕孬乇 讴賳丿 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 賳賲乇賴 3.5 亘賴 诏賲丕賳賲 賳賲乇賴 賲賳丕爻亘蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻鬲.
June 26, 2020
I have no regrets. I have gambled and lost. It was all in the day's work. At least I have had the unforgettable taste of the sea on my lips.
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Of course I know it is a mirage! Am I the sort of man who can be fooled? But what if I want to go after that mirage? Suppose I enjoy indulging my hope? Suppose it suits me to love that crenelated town all beflagged with sunlight? What if I choose to walk straight ahead on light feet - for you must know that I have dropped my weariness behind me, I am happy now. . .
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What is going on inside me I cannot tell. In the sky a thousand stars are magnetized, and I lie glued by the swing of the planet to the sand. A different weight brings me back to myself. I feel the weight of my body drawing me towards so many things. My dreams are more real than these dunes, than that moon, than these presences. My civilization is an empire more imperious than this empire. The marvel of a house is not that it shelters or warms a man, nor that its walls belong to him. It is that it leaves its trace on the language. Let it remain a sign. Let it form, deep in the heart, that obscure range from which, as waters from a spring, are born our dreams.
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Of course I know it is a mirage! Am I the sort of man who can be fooled? But what if I want to go after that mirage? Suppose I enjoy indulging my hope? Suppose it suits me to love that crenelated town all beflagged with sunlight? What if I choose to walk straight ahead on light feet - for you must know that I have dropped my weariness behind me, I am happy now. . .
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What is going on inside me I cannot tell. In the sky a thousand stars are magnetized, and I lie glued by the swing of the planet to the sand. A different weight brings me back to myself. I feel the weight of my body drawing me towards so many things. My dreams are more real than these dunes, than that moon, than these presences. My civilization is an empire more imperious than this empire. The marvel of a house is not that it shelters or warms a man, nor that its walls belong to him. It is that it leaves its trace on the language. Let it remain a sign. Let it form, deep in the heart, that obscure range from which, as waters from a spring, are born our dreams.
September 5, 2022
芦賵賯鬲蹖 賲乇睾丕亘蹖丕賳 賵丨卮蹖 丿乇 賲賵爻賲 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 亘賴 倬乇賵丕夭 丿乇 賲蹖 丌蹖賳丿貙 丿乇 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 夭蹖乇 亘丕賱賴丕卮丕賳 诏爻鬲乇丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丌卮賵亘蹖 毓噩蹖亘 倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟嗀�.賲乇睾丕亘蹖丕賳賽 丕賴賱蹖貙诏賵蹖蹖 亘賴 爻賲鬲 氐賮賽 卮讴爻鬲賴 蹖 倬乇賵丕夭賽 丌賳賴丕 讴卮蹖丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 賳丕卮蹖丕賳賴 噩賻爻鬲賳蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿貙 禺蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丌乇夭賵蹖 倬乇賵丕夭蹖....
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芦夭賲蹖賳 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 禄乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 禺賵丕賳丿...
September 27, 2020
Of course I know it is a mirage! Am I the sort of man who can be fooled? But what if I want to go after that mirage? Suppose I enjoy indulging my hope? Suppose it suits me to love that crenelated town all beflagged with sunlight? What if I choose to walk straight ahead on light feet - for you must know that I have dropped my weariness behind me, I am happy now. . . .
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January 18, 2022Kitap okuyorsam, be艧 bin y谋l谋n hikayesini; bir 枚m眉rde dinlemek, anlamak i莽indir.
脰yleyse 艧imdi s谋ra geldi "Yel, Kum ve Y谋ld谋zlar" kitab谋na. 2013 y谋l谋nda ben de; hemen herkes gibi, kitab谋yla tan谋艧t谋臒谋m Antoine de Saint-Exupery'nin trajik ya艧am 枚yk眉s眉n眉 de bilahare okuduktan sonra bu kitab谋 da okumaya karar k谋lm谋艧t谋m.
Kitab谋n beni olduk莽a etkiledi臒ini s枚yleyebilirim. '谋苍 'nda bahsetti臒i "脟补臒谤谋"y谋 y眉re臒inden i艧itip (yazar kitab谋nda buna 颈莽莽补臒谤谋 demi艧) kendini 莽枚le, kuma ve u莽suz bucaks谋z y谋ld谋zlara atan yazar谋n; seyredip hissettiklerini okuyoruz bu kitapta.
"Sahra'm, Sahra'm benim, i艧te y眉n e臒iren bir kad谋n, bir ba艧tan bir ba艧a b眉y眉leyivermi艧 seni!" (s.58)
脟枚lde, kumda ve y谋ld谋zlarda; bir Frans谋z'谋 Frans谋zl谋ktan, bir Bedeviyi Bedevilikten, Ma臒ribiyi Ma臒ripten; Me艧r谋k谋y谋 Me艧r谋ktan ay谋ran ve insan谋 yaln谋zca insan haline getiren 艧eyleri g枚rm眉艧, anlam谋艧 ve anlatm谋艧 yazar. Susuzlukta, yaln谋zl谋kta, a莽l谋kta, merakta ve h眉rriyette bir olan 艧eyi; insan莽ocu臒unun ortak yazg谋s谋n谋.
Ve d眉艧 kurmay谋 da;
"D眉艧lerim bu kumullardan, bu aydan, bu varl谋klardan daha ger莽ek." (s.57)
Mesle臒i pilotluk olan yazar谋m谋z i莽in, d眉nya bir bah莽edir ayn谋 zamanda; 莽ocuklu臒unda dizini kanatt谋臒谋 bah莽enin belki biraz daha b眉y眉k莽esi!
"Bah莽enin 枚b眉r ucundan de臒il, d眉nyan谋n 枚b眉r ucundan d枚n眉yordum, yaln谋zl谋klar谋n yak谋c谋 kokusunu, kum yellerinin anaforunu, tropiklerin g枚z kama艧t谋ran aylar谋n谋 da kendimle birlikte getiriyordum!" (s.57)
Ma臒ribinin fukaral谋臒谋ndaki sadelik ve estetikte oldu臒u kadar (akl谋ma kitab谋n谋 getirir bu noktada); 莽枚l眉n, kumun ve y谋ld谋zlar谋n manzaras谋 da pek m眉thi艧tir.
"Ama en g眉zeli, burada gezegenin yuvarlak s谋rt谋 眉zerinde, bu m谋knat谋sl谋 枚rt眉yle bu y谋ld谋zlar aras谋nda, bu ya臒muru bir ayna gibi yans谋tabilecek bir insan bilincinin durmas谋yd谋. Bir maden kitlesi 眉zerinde bir d眉艧 mucizesidir. Benim an谋msad谋臒谋m bir d眉艧..." (s.54)
Y谋ld谋zlar谋n aras谋nda u莽an bir gemide, yazar yerk眉renin o sonsuz k眉莽眉kl眉臒眉ndeki g眉zelli臒i de g枚rmektedir kitab谋nda; hani Naz谋m da 艧枚yle anlatm谋艧t谋:
y谋ld谋zlar谋n aras谋nda bir y谋ld谋z,
hem de en ufac谋klar谋ndan,
mavi kadifede bir yald谋z zerresi yani,
yani bu koskocaman d眉nyam谋z. (Naz谋m Hikmet Ran, Ya艧amaya Dair)
Bu manzaray谋, bu b眉y眉l眉 g眉zelli臒i g枚remeyen, g枚remeyecek hale gelmi艧; art谋k kabuk ba臒lam谋艧 ruhlara da sitem etmeyi unutmaz:
"Sen, emektar memur, yan谋 ba艧谋mdaki arkada艧谋m, hi莽bir 艧ey bu hapishaneden firar etmeni sa臒lamad谋, ve bu durumdan sen sorumlu de臒ilsin. T谋pk谋 termitler gibi, 谋艧谋臒a a莽谋lan her deli臒i betonla kapatarak kurdun rahatl谋臒谋n谋. Burjuva g眉venli臒inin, g眉ndelik i艧lerinin, ta艧ra ya艧ay谋艧谋n谋n kurallar谋 i莽inde bir bilye gibi yuvarland谋n, yeller, gelgitler, y谋ld谋zlar kar艧谋s谋nda bu al莽akg枚n眉ll眉 suru y眉kselttin. [...] Ba艧谋bo艧 bir gezegenin yerlisi de臒ilsin sen, yan谋t谋 olmayan sorular sormazs谋n hi莽 kendi kendine: [...] 陌艧 i艧ten ge莽meden 枚nce seni omuzlar谋ndan kavrayacak hi莽 kimse 莽谋kmad谋. 艦imdi, seni olu艧turan bal莽谋k kuruyup sertle艧ti, benli臒inde uyuyan m眉zisyeni ya da ozan谋, ya da belki bir zamanlar benli臒inde ya艧am谋艧 olan g枚kbilimciyi kimse uyand谋ramaz art谋k. " (s.18)
Sava艧谋, kan谋 ve g枚zya艧谋n谋 g枚rm眉艧 yazar谋; b眉t眉n bunca 枚l眉m aras谋nda en 莽ok 眉zen 艧eyin insanda yok olan Pascal'谋, Voltaire'i, Mozart'谋, Beethoven'谋 g枚r眉艧眉, seyredi艧i oldu臒unu anlad谋m. Bence yazar, kitab谋n insan莽ocu臒una tavsiyeler niteli臒indeki son b枚l眉m眉nde bu 眉z眉nt眉s眉n眉 dile getirmi艧;
Burada durmamacas谋na yeniden a莽谋lan yara olarak bahsetti臒i, Prometheus'un da hikayesinde 枚zetlenen; insan莽ocu臒unun ekin ba艧aklar谋 gibi hep y眉kselip hep 莽枚ken ba艧谋; trajedisidir. Belki de Prometheus'un hikayesinde de 枚zetlenen buydu.
Ve dahi, yazar谋n u臒runa d枚kt眉臒眉 g枚zya艧谋, t谋pk谋; kitab谋 okuyanlar bilir, 莽枚ldeki sahnede "kendime mi a臒l谋yorum san谋yorsun?" sorusunda oldu臒u gibi; insan莽ocu臒unun hikayesinedir belki.
Bu, varl谋k i莽indeki yoksunluk.
"陌yi haz谋rlanm谋艧 bir 艧enlik ortas谋nda duyulan co艧kuyu tad谋yorduk. Oysa alabildi臒ine yoksulduk. Yel, kum, bir de y谋ld谋zlar." (s.32)
脰yleyse 艧imdi s谋ra geldi "Yel, Kum ve Y谋ld谋zlar" kitab谋na. 2013 y谋l谋nda ben de; hemen herkes gibi, kitab谋yla tan谋艧t谋臒谋m Antoine de Saint-Exupery'nin trajik ya艧am 枚yk眉s眉n眉 de bilahare okuduktan sonra bu kitab谋 da okumaya karar k谋lm谋艧t谋m.
Kitab谋n beni olduk莽a etkiledi臒ini s枚yleyebilirim. '谋苍 'nda bahsetti臒i "脟补臒谤谋"y谋 y眉re臒inden i艧itip (yazar kitab谋nda buna 颈莽莽补臒谤谋 demi艧) kendini 莽枚le, kuma ve u莽suz bucaks谋z y谋ld谋zlara atan yazar谋n; seyredip hissettiklerini okuyoruz bu kitapta.
"Sahra'm, Sahra'm benim, i艧te y眉n e臒iren bir kad谋n, bir ba艧tan bir ba艧a b眉y眉leyivermi艧 seni!" (s.58)
脟枚lde, kumda ve y谋ld谋zlarda; bir Frans谋z'谋 Frans谋zl谋ktan, bir Bedeviyi Bedevilikten, Ma臒ribiyi Ma臒ripten; Me艧r谋k谋y谋 Me艧r谋ktan ay谋ran ve insan谋 yaln谋zca insan haline getiren 艧eyleri g枚rm眉艧, anlam谋艧 ve anlatm谋艧 yazar. Susuzlukta, yaln谋zl谋kta, a莽l谋kta, merakta ve h眉rriyette bir olan 艧eyi; insan莽ocu臒unun ortak yazg谋s谋n谋.
Ve d眉艧 kurmay谋 da;
"D眉艧lerim bu kumullardan, bu aydan, bu varl谋klardan daha ger莽ek." (s.57)
Mesle臒i pilotluk olan yazar谋m谋z i莽in, d眉nya bir bah莽edir ayn谋 zamanda; 莽ocuklu臒unda dizini kanatt谋臒谋 bah莽enin belki biraz daha b眉y眉k莽esi!
"Bah莽enin 枚b眉r ucundan de臒il, d眉nyan谋n 枚b眉r ucundan d枚n眉yordum, yaln谋zl谋klar谋n yak谋c谋 kokusunu, kum yellerinin anaforunu, tropiklerin g枚z kama艧t谋ran aylar谋n谋 da kendimle birlikte getiriyordum!" (s.57)
Ma臒ribinin fukaral谋臒谋ndaki sadelik ve estetikte oldu臒u kadar (akl谋ma kitab谋n谋 getirir bu noktada); 莽枚l眉n, kumun ve y谋ld谋zlar谋n manzaras谋 da pek m眉thi艧tir.
"Ama en g眉zeli, burada gezegenin yuvarlak s谋rt谋 眉zerinde, bu m谋knat谋sl谋 枚rt眉yle bu y谋ld谋zlar aras谋nda, bu ya臒muru bir ayna gibi yans谋tabilecek bir insan bilincinin durmas谋yd谋. Bir maden kitlesi 眉zerinde bir d眉艧 mucizesidir. Benim an谋msad谋臒谋m bir d眉艧..." (s.54)
Y谋ld谋zlar谋n aras谋nda u莽an bir gemide, yazar yerk眉renin o sonsuz k眉莽眉kl眉臒眉ndeki g眉zelli臒i de g枚rmektedir kitab谋nda; hani Naz谋m da 艧枚yle anlatm谋艧t谋:
y谋ld谋zlar谋n aras谋nda bir y谋ld谋z,
hem de en ufac谋klar谋ndan,
mavi kadifede bir yald谋z zerresi yani,
yani bu koskocaman d眉nyam谋z. (Naz谋m Hikmet Ran, Ya艧amaya Dair)
Bu manzaray谋, bu b眉y眉l眉 g眉zelli臒i g枚remeyen, g枚remeyecek hale gelmi艧; art谋k kabuk ba臒lam谋艧 ruhlara da sitem etmeyi unutmaz:
"Sen, emektar memur, yan谋 ba艧谋mdaki arkada艧谋m, hi莽bir 艧ey bu hapishaneden firar etmeni sa臒lamad谋, ve bu durumdan sen sorumlu de臒ilsin. T谋pk谋 termitler gibi, 谋艧谋臒a a莽谋lan her deli臒i betonla kapatarak kurdun rahatl谋臒谋n谋. Burjuva g眉venli臒inin, g眉ndelik i艧lerinin, ta艧ra ya艧ay谋艧谋n谋n kurallar谋 i莽inde bir bilye gibi yuvarland谋n, yeller, gelgitler, y谋ld谋zlar kar艧谋s谋nda bu al莽akg枚n眉ll眉 suru y眉kselttin. [...] Ba艧谋bo艧 bir gezegenin yerlisi de臒ilsin sen, yan谋t谋 olmayan sorular sormazs谋n hi莽 kendi kendine: [...] 陌艧 i艧ten ge莽meden 枚nce seni omuzlar谋ndan kavrayacak hi莽 kimse 莽谋kmad谋. 艦imdi, seni olu艧turan bal莽谋k kuruyup sertle艧ti, benli臒inde uyuyan m眉zisyeni ya da ozan谋, ya da belki bir zamanlar benli臒inde ya艧am谋艧 olan g枚kbilimciyi kimse uyand谋ramaz art谋k. " (s.18)
Sava艧谋, kan谋 ve g枚zya艧谋n谋 g枚rm眉艧 yazar谋; b眉t眉n bunca 枚l眉m aras谋nda en 莽ok 眉zen 艧eyin insanda yok olan Pascal'谋, Voltaire'i, Mozart'谋, Beethoven'谋 g枚r眉艧眉, seyredi艧i oldu臒unu anlad谋m. Bence yazar, kitab谋n insan莽ocu臒una tavsiyeler niteli臒indeki son b枚l眉m眉nde bu 眉z眉nt眉s眉n眉 dile getirmi艧;
Burada durmamacas谋na yeniden a莽谋lan yara olarak bahsetti臒i, Prometheus'un da hikayesinde 枚zetlenen; insan莽ocu臒unun ekin ba艧aklar谋 gibi hep y眉kselip hep 莽枚ken ba艧谋; trajedisidir. Belki de Prometheus'un hikayesinde de 枚zetlenen buydu.
Ve dahi, yazar谋n u臒runa d枚kt眉臒眉 g枚zya艧谋, t谋pk谋; kitab谋 okuyanlar bilir, 莽枚ldeki sahnede "kendime mi a臒l谋yorum san谋yorsun?" sorusunda oldu臒u gibi; insan莽ocu臒unun hikayesinedir belki.
Bu, varl谋k i莽indeki yoksunluk.
"陌yi haz谋rlanm谋艧 bir 艧enlik ortas谋nda duyulan co艧kuyu tad谋yorduk. Oysa alabildi臒ine yoksulduk. Yel, kum, bir de y谋ld谋zlar." (s.32)
March 14, 2021
I wanted to rate this higher, I really did. A beautiful beginning and brilliant end were dragged down by a long, overwritten section in north Africa dripping will ill-disguised French Colonial contempt for the people there.
But let's get back to that beautiful beginning. I first heard of this book as a child, where a portion of it was anthologized in a book I had (details here). It described a flight he took to Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America, a cold, foggy volcanic landscape thinly peopled (as it remains.) He relayed with perfect grace the bane of travelers everywhere -- encountering interesting people whom you'll never see again, and never know how their stories turned out.
Exupery was a French nobleman, to the extent 'nobility' still had meaning after the storming of the Bastille. It's delightful that such an elevated personage, further exalted in his then-glamorous career as a pilot, found room in his heart to express genuine admiration for Argentinian fishermen and design engineers at aircraft companies. This was, after all, the man who wrote The Little Prince, the fourth-best-selling book in the world, widely and justly admired for the simple language in which deep and complex ideas are heartbreakingly expressed.
So why the contempt for Africans? And why the loss of control over his tone in the central 60% of the book? Let's address the second point first. A great deal of Exupery's appeal lies in the authority and credibility of his descriptive prose, the awakening that humans first started to undergo when viewing our planet from thousands of feet up. But the longest section of this book describes a crash he and his navigator had in the Libyan desert. (He neglects to mention they were in a race, trying to win a huge cash prize.) They survive the crash without major injury and the first glimmerings that we're hearing some major embellishments start to creep in, because smacking the earth at 170 mph as described is not actually survivable. Then they wander around in the desert for four days, walking forty to fifty miles per day with only an orange, a pint of water and a pint of wine between them.
There is a word for this, and that word is bullshit. Which unfortunately calls into question everything else he's written, even the good parts at the beginning and the end.
Regarding contempt for the natives, the less said the better. Here's a particularly gratuitous example, when they encounter a French sergeant in a remote oasis fortress:
Perhaps you are of the opinion that allowances must be made for the times etc., but the passage above is just ugly and reflects poorly on anybody who would choose to include this in a book.
The end of the book changes gears entirely and describes his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, where he went on missions to extract Frenchmen thought to be at risk. The focus here is not on the action, but rather on the thought processes that allow people to go to war, and live with each other afterwards. As he says, "Civil war is not a war. It is a disease."
Others may, and apparently have, enjoyed this more than I did.
But let's get back to that beautiful beginning. I first heard of this book as a child, where a portion of it was anthologized in a book I had (details here). It described a flight he took to Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost tip of South America, a cold, foggy volcanic landscape thinly peopled (as it remains.) He relayed with perfect grace the bane of travelers everywhere -- encountering interesting people whom you'll never see again, and never know how their stories turned out.
p. 27: We forget that there is no joy except in human relations. If I summon up those memories that have left with me an enduring savor, if I draw up the balance sheet of the hours in my life that have truly counted, surely I find only those that no wealth could have procured me. True riches cannot be bought.
p. 40: I remembered the death of a man. He was a gardener, and he was speaking on his deathbed: 鈥淵ou know, I used to sweat sometimes when I was digging. My rheumatism would pull at my leg, and I would damn myself for a slave. And now, do you know, I鈥檇 like to spade and spade. It鈥檚 beautiful work. A man is free when he is using a spade. And besides, who is going to prune my trees when I am gone?鈥�
[Describing his airplane, and the minds of those who designed it] p. 42: If anything, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.
Exupery was a French nobleman, to the extent 'nobility' still had meaning after the storming of the Bastille. It's delightful that such an elevated personage, further exalted in his then-glamorous career as a pilot, found room in his heart to express genuine admiration for Argentinian fishermen and design engineers at aircraft companies. This was, after all, the man who wrote The Little Prince, the fourth-best-selling book in the world, widely and justly admired for the simple language in which deep and complex ideas are heartbreakingly expressed.
So why the contempt for Africans? And why the loss of control over his tone in the central 60% of the book? Let's address the second point first. A great deal of Exupery's appeal lies in the authority and credibility of his descriptive prose, the awakening that humans first started to undergo when viewing our planet from thousands of feet up. But the longest section of this book describes a crash he and his navigator had in the Libyan desert. (He neglects to mention they were in a race, trying to win a huge cash prize.) They survive the crash without major injury and the first glimmerings that we're hearing some major embellishments start to creep in, because smacking the earth at 170 mph as described is not actually survivable. Then they wander around in the desert for four days, walking forty to fifty miles per day with only an orange, a pint of water and a pint of wine between them.
There is a word for this, and that word is bullshit. Which unfortunately calls into question everything else he's written, even the good parts at the beginning and the end.
Regarding contempt for the natives, the less said the better. Here's a particularly gratuitous example, when they encounter a French sergeant in a remote oasis fortress:
p. 90:
The sergeant went on. 鈥淚 asked the captain for leave to go to Tunis, seeing my cousin is there and all. He said鈥︹€�
鈥淲hat did the captain say, sergeant?鈥�
鈥淪aid: 鈥榃orld鈥檚 full of cousins.鈥� Said: 鈥楧akar鈥檚 nearer鈥� and sent me there.鈥�
鈥淧retty girl, your cousin?鈥�
鈥淚n Tunis? You bet! Blonde, she is.鈥�
鈥淣o, I mean at Dakar.鈥�
Sergeant, we could have hugged you for the wistful disappointed voice in which you answered, 鈥淪he was a nigger.鈥�
Perhaps you are of the opinion that allowances must be made for the times etc., but the passage above is just ugly and reflects poorly on anybody who would choose to include this in a book.
The end of the book changes gears entirely and describes his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, where he went on missions to extract Frenchmen thought to be at risk. The focus here is not on the action, but rather on the thought processes that allow people to go to war, and live with each other afterwards. As he says, "Civil war is not a war. It is a disease."
Others may, and apparently have, enjoyed this more than I did.
June 6, 2020
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賵賱賳 兀賷兀爻 賲賳 丕賱毓孬賵乇 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賯乇賷亘 毓賱賶 賳爻禺丞 兀孬乇賷 亘賴丕 賲賰鬲亘鬲賷 賮賲匕賰乇丕鬲 氐丿賷賯 "丕賱兀賲賷乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇" 毓匕亘丞 賵賱胤賷賮丞 賰丕賱兀賲賷乇 賵夭賴乇鬲賴 賵賰賵賰亘賴貙 賵鬲爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀 賲乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞.
賱賲 兀賰賳 兀毓乇賮 兀賳 兀賳胤賵丕賳 丿賵 爻丕賳鬲 丕賰爻賵亘賷乇賷 胤賷丕乇! 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 賷賮爻乇 賲睾丕賲乇鬲賴 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 賲毓 "丕賱兀賲賷乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇".
廿賳賴 賷爻乇丿 賰賱 賲丕 賷鬲毓賱賯 亘賲賴賳鬲賴 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 鬲賱賰 賮賷匕賰乇 夭賲賱丕亍賴 賵亘胤賵賱丕鬲賴賲貙 賵賷爻鬲丨囟乇 匕賰乇賷丕鬲賴 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲丨胤賲鬲 胤丕卅乇鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 丕賱賱賷亘賷丞貙 賵賷亘賵丨 亘丨亘賴 賱賱賳噩賵賲 賵丕賱賰賵丕賰亘貙 賵賷卮乇丨 胤亘賷毓丞 毓賱丕賯鬲賴 賲毓 丕賱氐丨乇丕亍 賵乇賲丕賱賴丕 賵賰丕卅賳丕鬲賴丕貙 賵賱丕 賷賳爻賶 兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀賳 賷丨賰賷 毓賳 丕賱亘卮乇 丕賱匕賷賳 氐丕丿賮賴賲 賵鬲乇賰賵丕 賱丿賷賴 匕賰乇賷丕鬲 鬲爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 鬲乇賵賶.
賰賱 匕賱賰 亘兀爻賱賵亘 乇賯賷賯 噩匕丕亘 賰兀賳賴 卮丕毓乇 賷賳馗賲 賯氐賷丿丞 兀賵 丨賰賷賲 賷丿賵賳 禺賱丕氐丞 賮賱爻賮鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞.
賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賱賲丕匕丕 噩匕亘賳賷 睾賱丕賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲匕 氐丕丿賮鬲賴 毓賱賶 賲賵丕賯毓 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲貙 賵睾丕賱亘鬲 賮囟賵賱賷 毓丿丞 賲乇丕鬲 賲賲賳賷丞 賳賮爻賷 亘丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 賳爻禺丞 賵乇賯賷丞 賲賳賴.
賱賰賳 丕賱賮囟賵賱 睾賱亘賳賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賵賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 丕賱鬲賵賯賮 毓賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞.
賵賱賳 兀賷兀爻 賲賳 丕賱毓孬賵乇 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賯乇賷亘 毓賱賶 賳爻禺丞 兀孬乇賷 亘賴丕 賲賰鬲亘鬲賷 賮賲匕賰乇丕鬲 氐丿賷賯 "丕賱兀賲賷乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇" 毓匕亘丞 賵賱胤賷賮丞 賰丕賱兀賲賷乇 賵夭賴乇鬲賴 賵賰賵賰亘賴貙 賵鬲爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀 賲乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞.
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July 26, 2024賮賷 禺賵丕胤乇 賲鬲賳丕孬乇丞 賵睾賷乇 賲鬲乇丕亘胤丞 賲賵囟賵毓賷丕賸 兀賵 夭賲賳賷丕賸-兀賵 賴賰匕丕 亘丿鬲 賱賷-賷丨賰賷 "兀賳胤賵丕賳 丿賵 爻丕賳鬲 兀賵賰爻亘乇賷" 乇丨賱鬲賴 賲毓 丕賱胤賷乇丕賳. 賵鬲賱賰 賳賲胤 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賷禺鬲賱賮 亘卮賰賱賺 賲丕 毓賳 兀爻賱賵亘 賰鬲丕亘丞 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 "丕賱兀賲賷乇 丕賱氐睾賷乇" 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 兀賰孬乇 爻賱丕爻丞 賮賷 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕貙 賲賲丕 卮賰賾賱 賱賷-賲毓 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞-毓賯亘丞 禺賱丕賱 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘.
賱賳 兀購賯賷賾賲賴 賱兀賳賳賷 賮賷 丨丕噩丞 賱賯乇丕亍丞賺 兀禺乇賶 賱賴. 賵賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賴賱 爻鬲購毓胤賷 锟斤拷賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱噩賷丿丞-賮賷 丨丕賱 鬲賵賮乇賴丕-賯乇丕亍丞 兀賰孬乇 鬲賷爻賷乇丕賸貙 兀賲 兀賳 丕賱賳氐 賵丕丨丿 賲賳 丕賱賳氐賵氐 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲購賯乇兀 廿賱丕 亘賱睾鬲賴丕 丕賱兀氐賱賷丞.
賱賳 兀購賯賷賾賲賴 賱兀賳賳賷 賮賷 丨丕噩丞 賱賯乇丕亍丞賺 兀禺乇賶 賱賴. 賵賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賴賱 爻鬲購毓胤賷 锟斤拷賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱噩賷丿丞-賮賷 丨丕賱 鬲賵賮乇賴丕-賯乇丕亍丞 兀賰孬乇 鬲賷爻賷乇丕賸貙 兀賲 兀賳 丕賱賳氐 賵丕丨丿 賲賳 丕賱賳氐賵氐 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲購賯乇兀 廿賱丕 亘賱睾鬲賴丕 丕賱兀氐賱賷丞.
June 7, 2022
賮毓賱丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 鬲乇噩賲賴 爻賳诏蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 讴賳丿 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賲 .... 亘賴 丨丿蹖 讴賴 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 賲賳馗賵乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇賵 賲鬲賵噩賴 賳賲蹖卮賲 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘丕蹖丿 趩賳丿 亘丕乇 亘禺賵賳賲
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亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 鬲賲丕賲 讴賳賲
丕夭 亘禺卮 7 讴鬲丕亘( 讴賴 丿爻鬲 賵 倬賳噩賴 賳乇賲 讴乇丿賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 夭賳丿賴 賲賵賳丿賳賴) 鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 亘丕賴丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 讴賳賲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 蹖讴 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇诏乇丿賲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 賲噩丿丿丕 丕夭 丕亘鬲丿丕 亘禺賵賳賲 ..
丿賵爻賳鬲 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賳賯卮 賴賲丕賳 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 乇丕 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 ( 賵 卮丕蹖丿 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 賲鬲賵賱丿 卮丿賴 賵 賴賲賵賳 賲賵鬲爻丕乇鬲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳賲蹖禺賵丕丿 丿乇 亘趩賴 丕蹖 亘賲蹖乇丿 賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘乇賵丿 ) 賵 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賳诏丕賴 讴賳噩讴丕賵蹖 亘賴 倬丿蹖丿賴 賴丕蹖 丿賵乇 賵 亘乇卮 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮賴 鬲丕 亘丕 夭賲蹖賳 賵 倬丿蹖丿賴 賴丕蹖 胤亘蹖毓蹖 丕禺鬲 亘诏蹖乇賴 賵 讴賲蹖 亘丕 丕賳賴丕 禺賱賵鬲 讴賳賴 丕夭 丕賳爻丕賳 睾丕賮賱 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 禺蹖賱蹖 夭蹖亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 賲蹖讴賳丿 ...
" ... 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 鬲丨賵賱蹖貙 噩賴卮蹖 丿乇 亘丕睾蹖 貙 诏賱 爻乇禺 賳賵馗賴賵乇蹖 倬丿蹖丿 丕蹖丿 亘丕睾亘丕賳賴丕 賴賲賴 亘賴 噩賳亘 賵 噩賵卮 賲蹖 丕蹖賳丿. 丕賳 乇丕 噩丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賳丿 賵 讴卮鬲 賲蹖丿賴賳丿 賵 夭賲蹖賳賴 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 乇卮丿 爻乇蹖毓 丕賳 賲賴蹖丕 賲蹖讴賳賳丿. 丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 亘丕睾亘丕賳蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. "
" 賲乇丕 丿乇丿蹖 毓匕丕亘 賲蹖丿賴丿 讴賴 亘丕 丕賳賮丕賯 亘賴 賲爻鬲賲賳丿丕賳 賵 丕胤毓丕賲 賲爻丕讴蹖賳 丿賵丕 賳賲蹖卮賵丿 . 爻賵夭 丿賱 賲賳 賳賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賯賵夭 賵 诏乇賴 賴丕蹖 倬蹖讴乇 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇诏乇丕賳 賵 賳賴 丕夭 夭卮鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 賲丨賳鬲 亘賱讴賴 丕夭 丕賳爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賴乇 蹖讴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賲賵鬲爻丕乇鬲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 讴卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 .
鬲賳賴丕 賳賮爻 禺丿丕賵賳丿 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕诏乇 亘乇 诏賽賱 丿賲蹖丿賴 卮賵丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖 丕賮乇蹖賳丿. "
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亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 鬲賲丕賲 讴賳賲
丕夭 亘禺卮 7 讴鬲丕亘( 讴賴 丿爻鬲 賵 倬賳噩賴 賳乇賲 讴乇丿賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 夭賳丿賴 賲賵賳丿賳賴) 鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 亘丕賴丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 讴賳賲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 蹖讴 亘丕乇 丿蹖诏賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇诏乇丿賲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 賲噩丿丿丕 丕夭 丕亘鬲丿丕 亘禺賵賳賲 ..
丿賵爻賳鬲 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賳賯卮 賴賲丕賳 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 乇丕 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 ( 賵 卮丕蹖丿 卮丕夭丿賴 讴賵趩賵賱賵 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 賲鬲賵賱丿 卮丿賴 賵 賴賲賵賳 賲賵鬲爻丕乇鬲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳賲蹖禺賵丕丿 丿乇 亘趩賴 丕蹖 亘賲蹖乇丿 賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘乇賵丿 ) 賵 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳丿 賳诏丕賴 讴賳噩讴丕賵蹖 亘賴 倬丿蹖丿賴 賴丕蹖 丿賵乇 賵 亘乇卮 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮賴 鬲丕 亘丕 夭賲蹖賳 賵 倬丿蹖丿賴 賴丕蹖 胤亘蹖毓蹖 丕禺鬲 亘诏蹖乇賴 賵 讴賲蹖 亘丕 丕賳賴丕 禺賱賵鬲 讴賳賴 丕夭 丕賳爻丕賳 睾丕賮賱 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 禺蹖賱蹖 夭蹖亘丕 鬲賲丕賲 賲蹖讴賳丿 ...
" ... 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 鬲丨賵賱蹖貙 噩賴卮蹖 丿乇 亘丕睾蹖 貙 诏賱 爻乇禺 賳賵馗賴賵乇蹖 倬丿蹖丿 丕蹖丿 亘丕睾亘丕賳賴丕 賴賲賴 亘賴 噩賳亘 賵 噩賵卮 賲蹖 丕蹖賳丿. 丕賳 乇丕 噩丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賳丿 賵 讴卮鬲 賲蹖丿賴賳丿 賵 夭賲蹖賳賴 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 乇卮丿 爻乇蹖毓 丕賳 賲賴蹖丕 賲蹖讴賳賳丿. 丕賲丕 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 亘丕睾亘丕賳蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. "
" 賲乇丕 丿乇丿蹖 毓匕丕亘 賲蹖丿賴丿 讴賴 亘丕 丕賳賮丕賯 亘賴 賲爻鬲賲賳丿丕賳 賵 丕胤毓丕賲 賲爻丕讴蹖賳 丿賵丕 賳賲蹖卮賵丿 . 爻賵夭 丿賱 賲賳 賳賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賯賵夭 賵 诏乇賴 賴丕蹖 倬蹖讴乇 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇诏乇丕賳 賵 賳賴 丕夭 夭卮鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 賲丨賳鬲 亘賱讴賴 丕夭 丕賳爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賴乇 蹖讴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賲賵鬲爻丕乇鬲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 讴卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 .
鬲賳賴丕 賳賮爻 禺丿丕賵賳丿 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕诏乇 亘乇 诏賽賱 丿賲蹖丿賴 卮賵丿 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖 丕賮乇蹖賳丿. "
June 5, 2012
I find that reading books about plane crashes while physically in a plane really enhances the flying experience. I told my mother that and she thought I was being facetious, but I was just being honest. I read Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (author of The Little Prince) on the way to Michigan and Wind, Sand, and Stars by the same author on the way back, both of which include plane disasters. Both were exquisite, though not at all in the same way as The Little Prince, and both are about Saint-Exupery鈥檚 experiences as a pilot for the night-mails in South America and Africa during the 1920s and 1930s. Flying was still a perilous business then, and reading about the sort of men who chose that career was utterly fascinating. Perhaps there鈥檚 a bit of the philosopher in all pilots, or perhaps Antoine was just of a particularly thoughtful bent, but either way his musings on humanity and life and death were all very thought-provoking.
September 23, 2023
亘丕丿 賵 卮賳 賵 爻鬲丕乇诏丕賳鉁ㄢ槃锔�
乇賵丨蹖賴 蹖 丨爻丕爻 賵 丿賯蹖賯 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖貙 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 賴丕貙丌丿賲賴丕 賵 丨爻 賵 丨丕賱 氐丨乇丕 賵 丌爻賲丕賳 卮亘 賲蹖讴賳賴 噩賵賳 亘诏蹖乇賳. 亘賴 胤乇夭 毓噩蹖亘蹖 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丌乇丕賲卮亘禺卮賴. 卮丕蹖丿 亘禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 鬲氐賵蹖乇賴丕蹖 賯卮賳诏蹖賴 讴賴 鬲賵 匕賴賳 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賴.
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"賳賲蹖 丿丕賳賲 丿乇 賲賳 趩賴 賲蹖诏匕乇丿. 丕蹖賳 诏乇丕賳蹖 賲乇丕 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 亘爻鬲賴 丨丕賱 丌賳讴賴 噩丕匕亘賴 蹖 賲睾賳丕胤蹖爻蹖 丌賳 賴賲賴 爻鬲丕乇賴 乇丕 亘丕賱丕蹖 爻乇 丿丕乇賲.爻賳诏蹖賳蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿.賵夭賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 丨爻 賲蹖讴賳賲 讴賴 賲乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭賴丕 亘丕夭賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿. 乇賵蹖丕賴丕蹖 賲賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 鬲賱賲丕爻賴 賴丕 賵 丕蹖賳 賲丕賴 賵 丌賳趩賴 丿乇 倬蹖乇丕賲賵賳 賲賳 丕爻鬲 賵丕賯毓蹖 鬲乇賳丿.賱胤賮 卮诏賮鬲 丕賳诏蹖夭 禺丕賳賴 丿乇 丌賳 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賲丕 乇丕 倬賳丕賴 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 诏乇賲 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 亘賳丕蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳 賲丕爻鬲. 亘賱讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 匕禺蹖乇賴 蹖 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 卮蹖乇蹖賳 乇丕 讴賲 讴賲 丿乇 賲丕 亘乇噩丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 丿賱 賲丕 丕蹖賳 讴賵賴 鬲丕乇蹖讴 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿 讴賴 乇賵蹖丕賴丕 賴賲趩賵賳 丌亘 趩卮賲賴 丕夭 丌亘 趩卮賲賴 丕夭 丌賳 噩丕乇蹖 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿."
"丿賵乇蹖 亘賴 賮丕氐賱賴 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿蹖賵丕乇 蹖讴 亘丕睾 卮賴乇 禺賵丿 賲丕 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 亘蹖卮 丕夭 丿蹖賵丕乇 趩蹖賳 倬乇丿賴 蹖 乇丕夭賴丕 亘丕卮丿. 賵 乇賵丨 丿禺鬲乇讴蹖 丿乇 丨氐丕乇 爻讴賵鬲 丕賵 丕蹖賲賳鬲乇 丕爻鬲 鬲丕 賵丕丨賴 賴丕蹖 氐丨乇丕 丿乇 賵乇丕蹖 爻鬲亘乇丕蹖 乇蹖诏夭丕乇賴丕."
"氐丨乇丕 丕诏乇 丿乇 丌睾丕夭 噩夭 禺賱賵鬲 賵 爻讴賵鬲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 丕夭 丌賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 毓丕卮賯丕賳 蹖讴 乇賵夭賴 鬲爻賱蹖賲 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿. 氐丨乇丕 讴賴 爻賴賱 丕爻鬲 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴 蹖 亘蹖 乇賳诏 賵 乇賵賳賯 賲丕 賳蹖夭 趩賴乇賴 賲蹖 倬賵卮丕賳丿. 丕诏乇 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丌賳 丕夭 亘丕賯蹖 噩賴丕賳 趩卮賲 賳倬賵卮蹖賲貙 丕诏乇 亘賴 爻丕丨鬲 爻賳鬲賴丕 賵 乇爻賵賲 賵 乇賯丕亘鬲賴丕蹖卮 賵丕乇丿 賳卮賵蹖賲 賴蹖趩 賳禺賵丕賴蹖賲 丿丕賳爻鬲 讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 亘乇禺蹖 賲賴丕亘鬲蹖 賲蹖賴賳蹖 賲蹖 蹖丕亘丿."
賵 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘禺卮丕蹖蹖 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賵乇丿 毓賱丕賯賲 亘賵丿:
"丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕蹖賳 亘蹖丕亘丕賳 賲爻禺 卮丿賴 亘賴 蹖丕丿 亘丕夭蹖 賴丕蹖 讴賵丿讴蹖賲 賲蹖賮鬲賲貙 亘賴 蹖丕丿 倬丕乇讴蹖 倬乇 爻丕蹖賴 賵 亘爻 夭蹖亘丕 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕 噩丕蹖诏丕賴 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘賵丿. 賯賱賲乇賵蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賴乇诏夭 亘賴 鬲賲丕賲蹖 賳卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賵 亘賴 讴賲丕賱 賳讴丕賵蹖丿賴 亘賵丿蹖賲. 賲丕 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 丿乇 亘爻鬲賴 亘賵丿蹖賲 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 賴乇 賯丿賲 胤毓賲蹖 賵 賴乇趩蹖夭蹖 賲毓賳丕蹖蹖 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賴蹖趩 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 趩卮蹖丿賴 賳賲蹖卮丿 賵 乇賵丕 賳亘賵丿. 丕讴賳賵賳 讴賴 亘夭乇诏 卮丿賴 丕蹖賲 賵 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘乇 夭賳丿诏蹖賲丕賳 丨丕讴賲 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘丕睾 亘夭乇诏 讴賵丿讴蹖 讴賴 倬乇 丕夭 爻丕蹖賴 亘賵丿 賵 丕賮爻賵賳貙 賵 爻乇丿 亘賵丿 賵 爻賵夭丕賳 趩賴 賲丕賳丿賴 丕爻鬲責 丕賲乇賵夭 趩賵賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 亘丕睾 亘丕夭 賲蹖诏乇丿蹖 賵 丕夭 亘蹖乇賵賳貙丕夭 讴賳丕乇 丿蹖賵丕乇 讴賵鬲丕賴 爻賳诏蹖 禺丕讴爻鬲乇蹖 乇賳诏 丌賳 賲蹖诏匕乇蹖 丨蹖乇鬲 賲蹖讴賳蹖 讴賴 丨蹖胤賴 丕蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘蹖讴乇丕賳 禺賵丿 倬賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿蹖 丿乇 丨氐丕乇蹖 趩賳蹖賳 丨賯蹖乇 賲丨氐賵乇 賲蹖丕亘蹖. 丿乇賲蹖丕亘蹖 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 丿乇 丕蹖賳 亘蹖讴乇丕賳 乇丕賴蹖 賳丿丕乇蹖.夭蹖乇丕 亘蹖讴乇丕賳蹖 丿乇 亘丕夭蹖 賳賴賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賳賴 丿乇 亘夭乇诏蹖 亘丕睾."
"賴賲賴 丕丨鬲蹖丕噩 亘賴 夭丕丿賴 卮丿賳 乇丕 亘丕 讴賲 賵 亘蹖卮 丕亘賴丕賲 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿. 丕賲丕 乇丕賴 丨賱賴丕蹖蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 诏賲乇丕賴 讴賳賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賱亘鬲賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 丕賵賳蹖賮賵乇賲 倬賵卮丕賳丿 賵 卮賵乇 丿乇 丿賱卮丕賳 亘蹖丿丕乇 讴乇丿. 丌賳 賴丕 爻乇賵丿 噩賳诏蹖 禺賵丕賴賳丿 禺賵丕賳丿 賵 賳丕賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 乇賮蹖賯 賵丕乇 亘丕賴賲 賯爻賲鬲 禺賵丕賴賳丿 讴乇丿. 丌賳賴丕 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 賲蹖 噩賵蹖賳丿 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴賳丿 蹖丕賮鬲. 丌賳賴丕 胤毓賲 讴賱 乇丕 禺賵丕賴賳丿 趩卮蹖丿貙 丕賲丕 賳丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 丿丕丿賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴卮賳丿賴 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賵丿."
乇賵丨蹖賴 蹖 丨爻丕爻 賵 丿賯蹖賯 丕诏夭賵倬乇蹖貙 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 賴丕貙丌丿賲賴丕 賵 丨爻 賵 丨丕賱 氐丨乇丕 賵 丌爻賲丕賳 卮亘 賲蹖讴賳賴 噩賵賳 亘诏蹖乇賳. 亘賴 胤乇夭 毓噩蹖亘蹖 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丌乇丕賲卮亘禺卮賴. 卮丕蹖丿 亘禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 鬲氐賵蹖乇賴丕蹖 賯卮賳诏蹖賴 讴賴 鬲賵 匕賴賳 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賴.
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"賳賲蹖 丿丕賳賲 丿乇 賲賳 趩賴 賲蹖诏匕乇丿. 丕蹖賳 诏乇丕賳蹖 賲乇丕 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 亘爻鬲賴 丨丕賱 丌賳讴賴 噩丕匕亘賴 蹖 賲睾賳丕胤蹖爻蹖 丌賳 賴賲賴 爻鬲丕乇賴 乇丕 亘丕賱丕蹖 爻乇 丿丕乇賲.爻賳诏蹖賳蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿.賵夭賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 丨爻 賲蹖讴賳賲 讴賴 賲乇丕 亘賴 爻賵蹖 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭賴丕 亘丕夭賲蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿. 乇賵蹖丕賴丕蹖 賲賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 鬲賱賲丕爻賴 賴丕 賵 丕蹖賳 賲丕賴 賵 丌賳趩賴 丿乇 倬蹖乇丕賲賵賳 賲賳 丕爻鬲 賵丕賯毓蹖 鬲乇賳丿.賱胤賮 卮诏賮鬲 丕賳诏蹖夭 禺丕賳賴 丿乇 丌賳 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 賲丕 乇丕 倬賳丕賴 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 诏乇賲 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 亘賳丕蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳 賲丕爻鬲. 亘賱讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 匕禺蹖乇賴 蹖 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 卮蹖乇蹖賳 乇丕 讴賲 讴賲 丿乇 賲丕 亘乇噩丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丕毓賲丕賯 丿賱 賲丕 丕蹖賳 讴賵賴 鬲丕乇蹖讴 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿 賲蹖 丌賵乇丿 讴賴 乇賵蹖丕賴丕 賴賲趩賵賳 丌亘 趩卮賲賴 丕夭 丌亘 趩卮賲賴 丕夭 丌賳 噩丕乇蹖 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿."
"丿賵乇蹖 亘賴 賮丕氐賱賴 賳蹖爻鬲. 丿蹖賵丕乇 蹖讴 亘丕睾 卮賴乇 禺賵丿 賲丕 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 亘蹖卮 丕夭 丿蹖賵丕乇 趩蹖賳 倬乇丿賴 蹖 乇丕夭賴丕 亘丕卮丿. 賵 乇賵丨 丿禺鬲乇讴蹖 丿乇 丨氐丕乇 爻讴賵鬲 丕賵 丕蹖賲賳鬲乇 丕爻鬲 鬲丕 賵丕丨賴 賴丕蹖 氐丨乇丕 丿乇 賵乇丕蹖 爻鬲亘乇丕蹖 乇蹖诏夭丕乇賴丕."
"氐丨乇丕 丕诏乇 丿乇 丌睾丕夭 噩夭 禺賱賵鬲 賵 爻讴賵鬲 趩蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 丕夭 丌賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 毓丕卮賯丕賳 蹖讴 乇賵夭賴 鬲爻賱蹖賲 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿. 氐丨乇丕 讴賴 爻賴賱 丕爻鬲 蹖讴 丿賴讴丿賴 蹖 亘蹖 乇賳诏 賵 乇賵賳賯 賲丕 賳蹖夭 趩賴乇賴 賲蹖 倬賵卮丕賳丿. 丕诏乇 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丌賳 丕夭 亘丕賯蹖 噩賴丕賳 趩卮賲 賳倬賵卮蹖賲貙 丕诏乇 亘賴 爻丕丨鬲 爻賳鬲賴丕 賵 乇爻賵賲 賵 乇賯丕亘鬲賴丕蹖卮 賵丕乇丿 賳卮賵蹖賲 賴蹖趩 賳禺賵丕賴蹖賲 丿丕賳爻鬲 讴賴 趩诏賵賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 亘乇禺蹖 賲賴丕亘鬲蹖 賲蹖賴賳蹖 賲蹖 蹖丕亘丿."
賵 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘禺卮丕蹖蹖 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賵乇丿 毓賱丕賯賲 亘賵丿:
"丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕蹖賳 亘蹖丕亘丕賳 賲爻禺 卮丿賴 亘賴 蹖丕丿 亘丕夭蹖 賴丕蹖 讴賵丿讴蹖賲 賲蹖賮鬲賲貙 亘賴 蹖丕丿 倬丕乇讴蹖 倬乇 爻丕蹖賴 賵 亘爻 夭蹖亘丕 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕 噩丕蹖诏丕賴 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘賵丿. 賯賱賲乇賵蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賴乇诏夭 亘賴 鬲賲丕賲蹖 賳卮賳丕禺鬲賴 賵 亘賴 讴賲丕賱 賳讴丕賵蹖丿賴 亘賵丿蹖賲. 賲丕 噩丕賲毓賴 丕蹖 丿乇 亘爻鬲賴 亘賵丿蹖賲 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 賴乇 賯丿賲 胤毓賲蹖 賵 賴乇趩蹖夭蹖 賲毓賳丕蹖蹖 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賴蹖趩 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 丿蹖诏乇蹖 趩卮蹖丿賴 賳賲蹖卮丿 賵 乇賵丕 賳亘賵丿. 丕讴賳賵賳 讴賴 亘夭乇诏 卮丿賴 丕蹖賲 賵 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘乇 夭賳丿诏蹖賲丕賳 丨丕讴賲 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘丕睾 亘夭乇诏 讴賵丿讴蹖 讴賴 倬乇 丕夭 爻丕蹖賴 亘賵丿 賵 丕賮爻賵賳貙 賵 爻乇丿 亘賵丿 賵 爻賵夭丕賳 趩賴 賲丕賳丿賴 丕爻鬲責 丕賲乇賵夭 趩賵賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 亘丕睾 亘丕夭 賲蹖诏乇丿蹖 賵 丕夭 亘蹖乇賵賳貙丕夭 讴賳丕乇 丿蹖賵丕乇 讴賵鬲丕賴 爻賳诏蹖 禺丕讴爻鬲乇蹖 乇賳诏 丌賳 賲蹖诏匕乇蹖 丨蹖乇鬲 賲蹖讴賳蹖 讴賴 丨蹖胤賴 丕蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘蹖讴乇丕賳 禺賵丿 倬賳丿丕卮鬲賴 亘賵丿蹖 丿乇 丨氐丕乇蹖 趩賳蹖賳 丨賯蹖乇 賲丨氐賵乇 賲蹖丕亘蹖. 丿乇賲蹖丕亘蹖 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 丿乇 丕蹖賳 亘蹖讴乇丕賳 乇丕賴蹖 賳丿丕乇蹖.夭蹖乇丕 亘蹖讴乇丕賳蹖 丿乇 亘丕夭蹖 賳賴賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賳賴 丿乇 亘夭乇诏蹖 亘丕睾."
"賴賲賴 丕丨鬲蹖丕噩 亘賴 夭丕丿賴 卮丿賳 乇丕 亘丕 讴賲 賵 亘蹖卮 丕亘賴丕賲 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿. 丕賲丕 乇丕賴 丨賱賴丕蹖蹖 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 诏賲乇丕賴 讴賳賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賱亘鬲賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 丕賵賳蹖賮賵乇賲 倬賵卮丕賳丿 賵 卮賵乇 丿乇 丿賱卮丕賳 亘蹖丿丕乇 讴乇丿. 丌賳 賴丕 爻乇賵丿 噩賳诏蹖 禺賵丕賴賳丿 禺賵丕賳丿 賵 賳丕賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 乇賮蹖賯 賵丕乇 亘丕賴賲 賯爻賲鬲 禺賵丕賴賳丿 讴乇丿. 丌賳賴丕 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 賲蹖 噩賵蹖賳丿 亘丕夭 禺賵丕賴賳丿 蹖丕賮鬲. 丌賳賴丕 胤毓賲 讴賱 乇丕 禺賵丕賴賳丿 趩卮蹖丿貙 丕賲丕 賳丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 丿丕丿賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴卮賳丿賴 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賵丿."
October 4, 2023
Koks bendras aviacijos ir ra拧ymo vardiklis? Antoine de Saint - Exupery. Apie "Ma啪膮j寞 princ膮" tikriausiai 啪ino kiekvienas, o k膮 dar 拧is talentingas ra拧ytojas para拧臈? Metas susipa啪inti su jo k奴ryba pla膷iau.
Ne啪inau 拧imtu procent懦 ar tiesa, bet esu skai膷iusi - kad prad啪ioje "Ma啪asis princas" tebuvo knygos "沤em臈, 啪moni懦 planeta" dalis. Intriguoja, tiesa? Kitas 寞domus dalykas yra originalus k奴rinio pavadinimas. O jis yra "V臈jas, sm臈lis ir 啪vaig啪d臈s". Kuris Jums gra啪esnis? Teko skaityti, kad originaliame pavadinime u啪拧ifruota knygos tematika - aviacija, egzistenciniai apm膮stymai ir gyvenimas. Gra啪u. K膮 膷ia bepridursi.
Viskas, pasakoju apie k膮 拧is k奴rinys. O 膷ia yra Antoine memuarai. Ne nuo gimimo iki brandos ar senatv臈s. 膶ia labiau es臈. Autorius gana fragmenti拧kai pasakoja apie savo egzistencinius pam膮stymus pilotavimo kontekste. Gamtos gro啪is autori懦 be galo jaudina ir priver膷ia susim膮styti apie draugyst臋, mirt寞, meil臋, vertybes. Taigi 膷ia ne nuoseklus pasakojimas, o keliolikos ar keliasde拧imties puslapi懦 pam膮stymai jam svarbiomis temomis. Autorius be galo jautrus, inteligenti拧kas ir m膮slus, o jo 啪odyno turtingumas priblo拧kia. Pirmuosius puslapius skai膷iau su did啪iule nuostaba kaip taip nuostabiai galima ra拧yti - 啪od啪i懦 parinkimas toks rafinuotas, skoningas, kalba be galo vaizdinga. Galima apsvaigti kaip gra啪u.
Jeigu "Ma啪asis princas" yra tarsi vaiki拧kas pasakojimas suaugusiems vaikams, tai 拧i knyga nebus kupina toki懦 akivaizd啪i懦 metafor懦. 膶ia poeti拧ka ir vaizdinga kalba autorius visko taip ant l臈k拧tut臈s nepaduos. Grei膷iau apsups savo nuostabios kalbos 拧yd懦 ir s奴puos s奴puos s奴puos. Turiu pripa啪inti paskutiniu dviej懦 skyri懦 gal臈jo ir neb奴ti, nes 拧iek tiek u啪supo. Pasidar臈 per ilgu ir gana monotoni拧ka.
Labai gra啪us k奴rinys. I拧skirtinio gro啪io kalba. Tikiu, kad literat奴ros gurmanai 寞vertins. K奴rinyje veiksmo n臈ra daug, bet citat懦 i拧sira拧ymui ar pagalvojimui - apstu. De Saint - Exupery yra ta puiki pranc奴zi拧ka rainuota literat奴ra i拧 did啪iosios raid臈s. Gra啪u, tiesiog labai gra啪u.
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Ne啪inau 拧imtu procent懦 ar tiesa, bet esu skai膷iusi - kad prad啪ioje "Ma啪asis princas" tebuvo knygos "沤em臈, 啪moni懦 planeta" dalis. Intriguoja, tiesa? Kitas 寞domus dalykas yra originalus k奴rinio pavadinimas. O jis yra "V臈jas, sm臈lis ir 啪vaig啪d臈s". Kuris Jums gra啪esnis? Teko skaityti, kad originaliame pavadinime u啪拧ifruota knygos tematika - aviacija, egzistenciniai apm膮stymai ir gyvenimas. Gra啪u. K膮 膷ia bepridursi.
Viskas, pasakoju apie k膮 拧is k奴rinys. O 膷ia yra Antoine memuarai. Ne nuo gimimo iki brandos ar senatv臈s. 膶ia labiau es臈. Autorius gana fragmenti拧kai pasakoja apie savo egzistencinius pam膮stymus pilotavimo kontekste. Gamtos gro啪is autori懦 be galo jaudina ir priver膷ia susim膮styti apie draugyst臋, mirt寞, meil臋, vertybes. Taigi 膷ia ne nuoseklus pasakojimas, o keliolikos ar keliasde拧imties puslapi懦 pam膮stymai jam svarbiomis temomis. Autorius be galo jautrus, inteligenti拧kas ir m膮slus, o jo 啪odyno turtingumas priblo拧kia. Pirmuosius puslapius skai膷iau su did啪iule nuostaba kaip taip nuostabiai galima ra拧yti - 啪od啪i懦 parinkimas toks rafinuotas, skoningas, kalba be galo vaizdinga. Galima apsvaigti kaip gra啪u.
Jeigu "Ma啪asis princas" yra tarsi vaiki拧kas pasakojimas suaugusiems vaikams, tai 拧i knyga nebus kupina toki懦 akivaizd啪i懦 metafor懦. 膶ia poeti拧ka ir vaizdinga kalba autorius visko taip ant l臈k拧tut臈s nepaduos. Grei膷iau apsups savo nuostabios kalbos 拧yd懦 ir s奴puos s奴puos s奴puos. Turiu pripa啪inti paskutiniu dviej懦 skyri懦 gal臈jo ir neb奴ti, nes 拧iek tiek u啪supo. Pasidar臈 per ilgu ir gana monotoni拧ka.
Labai gra啪us k奴rinys. I拧skirtinio gro啪io kalba. Tikiu, kad literat奴ros gurmanai 寞vertins. K奴rinyje veiksmo n臈ra daug, bet citat懦 i拧sira拧ymui ar pagalvojimui - apstu. De Saint - Exupery yra ta puiki pranc奴zi拧ka rainuota literat奴ra i拧 did啪iosios raid臈s. Gra啪u, tiesiog labai gra啪u.
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