A review by bobbo49
Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

5.0

A beautiful, evocative memoir of the author's transformative experience as a pilot in the French air corps as France was being overun by the Germans in 1940. Not just another anti-war story, but a passionate and powerful description of one person's discovery of his connection to his fellow men, his country, and his civilization, recognizing the fragility of all life and the power within us to transcend the moment. I found the last part of the memoir, focused on the religious aspect of St. Exupery's experience, more difficult to relate to personally, but the book is nonetheless magical.