Bücher der Reihe Harbrace Paperbound Library

In his first novel, Saint-Exupéry pays homage to "those elemental divinities-night, day, mountain, sea, and storm," turning an account of a routine mail flight from France to North Africa into an epic rendering of the pioneer days of commercial aviation. The book is also a poignant reminiscence of a tragic affair, in which the uncertainties of love and flight enhance the mystery of one another. Translated by Curtis Cate.

The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy's most imaginative writer. ?Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us? (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book