Night Flight

Plot

In a novel of rare beauty and power, Saint-Exupéry charts the perilous world of pioneer aviation. "Night Flight" is the story of hazardous flights made by night through the dangers of darkness and the destructive splendor of sudden Andean storms. It is a story of men who risk their lives to deliver mail in flimsy crates…Fabien, the youthful pilot, who sees in flying a chance for heroic action…Riviere, his superior, who believes that man's salvation lies not in freedom but in the acceptance of duty.