quick Lit question; Antoine De Saint-Exupery - Wind, Sand and Stars

[wytchcroft]

Just finished reading the wonderful 'Wind, Sand and Stars'. What a book!

That Saint-Exupery manages to tell both an internal and external story so powerfully and vividly and yet straight-forwardly is quite staggering.

One question; during the crash chapter (my favourite) i found that the distances measured made no sense, especially if you try and plot them on a map of Libya, just impossible (surely) to walk the miles under those conditions?

Maybe it was the translation, or just the mens' delirium...

I'm going to do some research but does anyone know?

It didn't detract in any way from the book which i strongly recommend:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind,_Sand_and_Stars
 
My next book to read is The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov... 

Comments

[stoshagownozad.livejournal.com]

I love that book. I LOVE IT. I was reading it not in Russian (neither in French alas) but in Ukrainian which is really more softer than Russian text (I managed later to compare), closer, I believe, to an initial tone of Saint-Ex...

How do I love it.
It's a big part of my early teenage - this book.

Wish you success in researches!

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

oh it was wonderful, so full of energy and life :))