Author(s): Schiff S

Biography

When he vanished in 1944—disappearing into thin air as the Little Prince does in his best-loved work—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was already a legend.  An internationally celebrated, but absent-minded pilot, Saint-Eupéry crashed frequently, narrowly escaping a full catalogue of deaths, making literature of most of his mishaps. With lively wit and an infectious fascination for her subject, Stacy Schiff brings Saint-Exupéry wonderfully to life in this definitive biography of the enchanting and complex author-aviator.