Courrier sud by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [FRENCH PAPERBACK] 1958 • Gallimard

Courrier sud by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (published in English as Southern Mail)

ANTIQUE PAPERBACK [1958] GALLIMARD

Vintage small, square, French Language paperback in excellent reading condition. 

Cover shows some wear to edges and a corner crease.  Binding is tight and seemingly unread.  Pages are clean, bright and read good as new with a hint of tanning. 

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.