Used, good condition, slight discoloration on back cover
No writer has equaled Saint-Exupery in describing the perilous and poetic experience of flying, in submission to what he calls "those elemental divinities--night, day, mountain, sea and storm." In this gripping, beautifully written novel, he tells about the brave men who pilot night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. They impelled to perform their routine acts of heroism by a steely chief named Riviere, whos extraordinary character is revealed through the dramatic events of a single night.