Pilote de guerre

By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Subjects: World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, french, France. Armée de l'air, World War, 1939-1945, French Personal narratives, French Authors, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, French Aerial operations, Military Air pilots, Biography, Aerial Military operations, French, Récits personnels français, Aerial operations, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, France, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Saint-exupery, antoine de, 1900-1944, Personal narratives, French

Description: Flight to Arras is Saint-Exupéry's recollection of the final shattering days during World War II when, though the defeat of France was imminent, a pitifully inadequate number of French pilots and their crews continued to risk their lives against the Germans. The action of the book takes place during a single reconnaissance mission over the burning city of Arras. But Saint-Exupéry transcends the gripping experience of the flight itself to refelect on why men fight and how they feel in the presence of death. - Back cover.