DE SAINT EXUPERY ANTOINE
LAND - THE HOMELAND OF MAN
translated by Maria Morstin-Górska
Warsaw 1957, "PAX", p. [2] 204, format: 12.5x20 cm
First edition!
"I have one irresistible urge: to think that everything is simple. It is simple to be born. It is simple to mature. And simple is to die of thirst (...) Only the Spirit, if it breathes on clay, can create a man." The philosophy and poetry of "Earth, the planet of men," a book based on the experiences of the writer-pilot, was shaped in the most difficult moments, when life and ,death rubbed up against each other. And perhaps that is why this story is a praise of Man. A man of action, courage, faith and sacrifice for others. "Earth, the planet of men" is not a novel, it is not a memoir or a philosophical essay. It is the poetry of Man's freedom and its apotheosis, as the apotheosis of love is the 'Little Prince'."
HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING WITH WRAPPER
BDB-/ BAD condition pieces
