{"product_id":"flight-to-arras-9780156318808","title":"Flight to Arras","description":"\u003cp\u003eA recollection of the shattering days during World War II when, though the fall of France was imminent, a handful of French pilots continued to fight on against the Germans. Translated by Lewis Galantière.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Saint-Exupéry, Antoine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAntoine de Saint-Exupéry\u003c\/strong\u003e (1900-1944), born in Lyons, France, is one of the world's best loved and widest read writers. His timeless fable, \u003cem\u003eThe Little Prince, \u003c\/em\u003ehas sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into nearly every language. His pilot's memoir, \u003cem\u003e Wind, Sand and Stars, \u003c\/em\u003ewon the National Book Award and was named the #1 adventure book of all time by \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and was ranked #3 on \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic Adventure\u003c\/em\u003e's list of all-time-best exploration books\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHis other books include \u003cem\u003eNight Flight; Southern Mail; \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Airman's Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. A pilot at twenty-six, he was a pioneer of commercial aviation and flew in the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In 1944, while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron, he disappeared over the Mediterranean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStacy Schiff\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of several bestselling biographies and historical works including, most recently, \u003cem\u003eThe Witches: Salem, 1692\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2018 she was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Awarded a 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she was inducted into the Academy in 2019. Schiff has written for \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, among many other publications. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525269098770,"sku":"9780156318808","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_baac217f-0899-494a-98b5-4347003c5b79.jpg?v=1755851338","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flight-to-arras-9780156318808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}