Wind, Sand And Stars

If you love The Little Prince as I do, as millions of others do, you will seek out other books of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Wind, Sand and Stars is probably the book that you will consider.

I wanted to like this book. And I did love the chapter about Saint-Exupéry's disastrous time in the desert. I did love Saint-Exupéry's beautiful writing. Saint-Exupéry is also a brilliant philosopher.

But my eyes glazed over when Saint-Exupéry went on and on about the airplane and the technology that put us in the air and flying. He certainly does go on and on about these things.

I had to smile as I read about little details that he would go on to include in The Little Prince like the tracks of foxes he found in the desert and his speculations about the stars.

But all in all I would have been happier to spend the time I spent reading this book in rereading The Little Prince, I think.