THE POETRY OF FLIGHT
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Prix régulier 85,00 € TTC 6%
This surprising book, as the title indicates, is an invitation to discover the beauty of flight through modern writers, such as Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Maurice Maeterlinck, William Faulkner, André Malraux, etc...
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special features | Insert, Missing dust jacket |
| Conditions | Good |
| Number of pages | 190 |
| Published date | 1941 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 15 x 23 x 3 cm |
| Author | Selden Rodman |
| Editor | DUELL, SLOAN & PEARCE, INC. |
What's this all about?
( … ) From Ovid's famous story of the Fall of Icarus and the conjectures of Da Vinci down to the tremendous experiences of the present recorded by T.E. Lawrence, Antoine de Saint - Exupéry and Wolfgang Langewiesche, The Poetry of Flight is a fascinating and stirring book. Here are stories of warfare, of lonely achievement, of psychological insight, and passages from such old masters as Shakespeare and Milton an Goethe who understood the significance of wings. ( ... )
