Wind, Sand and Stars
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Wind, Sand and Stars is a lyrical memoir by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that reflects on his experiences as an airmail pilot and meditates on human courage, friendship, and the meaning of life.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wind, Sand and Stars canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's experiences as an airmail pilot ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
airmail flights over the Sahara
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aviation accidents ⓘ search and rescue operations ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Wind, Sand and Stars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Flight to Arras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
aviation literature
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memoir ⓘ philosophical literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslator | Lewis Galantière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective | emphasis on human dignity ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuote |
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
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“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.” ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
humanism
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relationship between humans and nature ⓘ responsibility ⓘ risk and adventure ⓘ solidarity among people ⓘ |
| influenced | aviation literature ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French literature of the 20th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aviation
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friendship ⓘ human courage ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Terre des hommes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Night Flight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Andes Mountains
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Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ airmail routes ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
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