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100 1 $aSaint-Exupéry, Antoine de,$d1900-1944,$eauthor.
240 10 $aSens à la vie.$lEnglish
245 12 $aA sense of life.$c[Translated from the French by Adrienne Foulke].
260 $aNew York,$bFunk & Wagnalls$c[1965]
300 $axv, 231 pages$c22 cm
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500 $aTranslation of Un sens à la vie.
520 $aPosthumously collected essays written over a lifetime by the famous aviator-philosopher-writer.
520 $aThis collection of writings by the author of Wind, Sand and Stars is the first English translation of Un Sens à la Vie--a posthumously collected group of miscellaneous pieces written over a lifetime. These thoughtful, beautifully written essays are the expression of the leading principle of the famous aviator-philosopher-writer's life--a deep humanism and a sense of the potential worth of the individual. Whether Saint-Exupéry turns his pen to Russia or Spain or an impending war in Europe, whether he draws from his intimate association with aviation, a belief in the spiritual significance of each individual determines his outlook. "Somewhere along the way we have made a wrong turn. Oh yes, the human anthill is richer than ever; we have at our disposal more material goods and greater leisure, yet we lack some essential thing that we cannot exactly define. As human beings we feel diminished; we have lost some of man's mysterious prerogatives." The wrong turn is evasive, the essential thing is illusive, yet Saint-Exupéry persists. From his first published piece, "The Aviator," through the last writings before his death, he searches for a definition, for a cause of man's loss of the "mysterious prerogatives" of the spirit.--Adapted from book jacket.
505 0 $aThe aviator -- Nobleman--bondsman -- Moscow, 1935. Moscow celebrates May Day ; En route to the U.S.S.R. ; Moscow: where is the revolution? ; Crime and punishment: justice in the Soviet Union ; Tragedy strikes the Maxim Gorki ; A visit to the past: ten tipsy old ladies at home in Moscow -- Barcelona, 1936. In a civil war, the firing line is invisible ; Anarchists and their ways: street scenes in Barcelona ; Civil war: it is not a war, it is a disease ; In search of a war ; Trigger-happy fighters are indifferent to human life -- Madrid, 1937 -- Peace or war?. Needed: a language for speaking the truth ; Enemy voices in the night speak across No Man's Land -- We must give meaning to men's lives -- Men and machines -- A fertile anguish -- The pilot and the elements -- An open letter to Frenchmen everywhere -- Letter to General X -- An epilogue: An appeal for peace.
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